Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings

Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The inscription is a prayer for offerings to the funerary god Ptah-Sokar for Khnumhotep, son of Tasen (?). The figure's position, with the cloak drawn tightly over squatting legs, is echoed in a number of similar small images that were inserted into offering slabs.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statuette of Khnumhotep Receiving OfferingsStatuette of Khnumhotep Receiving OfferingsStatuette of Khnumhotep Receiving OfferingsStatuette of Khnumhotep Receiving OfferingsStatuette of Khnumhotep Receiving Offerings

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.