Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet
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Object Label
This fragmentary scene depicts a man named Amunemhat and his wife. Both face an offering table covered with different kinds of bread and a bunch of green onions. Amunemhat raises his arms in reverence toward a figure, now lost, on the opposite side of the table. This figure may have been the god Osiris or perhaps the owner of the tomb, most likely Amunemhat’s father. In the latter case, Amunemhat’s gesture would indicate his responsibility for maintaining the parents’ funerary cult, the traditional duty of a tomb owner’s eldest son.
Caption
Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet, ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 14 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in., 29.5 lb. (38 × 30 × 9.5 cm, 13.38kg) mount (dimensions as installed): 15 1/2 × 12 × 4 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1352E.
Title
Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet
Date
ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Sandstone
Classification
Dimensions
14 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in., 29.5 lb. (38 × 30 × 9.5 cm, 13.38kg) mount (dimensions as installed): 15 1/2 × 12 × 4 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1352E
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