Funerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife Henit

Funerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife Henit

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The text stresses that Megegi never wasted time during his life. The small man in front of him is called Amenemhat ("Amun is content"), indicating that the worship of Amun, hitherto almost unknown, had begun to come to the forefront.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Funerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife HenitFunerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife HenitFunerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife HenitFunerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife HenitFunerary stela of "follower [of the king ?]" Megegi and his wife Henit

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.