Stela of Senu

Stela of Senu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This stela depicts a royal scribe named Senu adoring the deities Imseti and Hapi, two of the four sons of Horus who protected the internal organs that were removed during mummification. Below, Senu's son, a lector priest named Pawahy, recites the funerary prayer inscribed in front of him. Another stela belonging to Senu is displayed in gallery 119 (18.2.5).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.