Kneeling Priest, Pouring Libation

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The small statuette represents a person holding a jar kneeling. His short-cropped hair (or a skull cap covering it) suggests he is a priest in the act of pouring libation.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art