Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela

Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The scribe Roy holds a stela inscribed with a hymn to the sun god Re. Roy also served as steward of a temple dedicated to a queen whose name is not given. Her title "king's great wife" identifies her as her husband's most important queen. Roy is kneeling with his hands raised, a standard pose of worship, and the statue should probably be understood as a representation of Roy reciting the text on the stela.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His StelaStatue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His StelaStatue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His StelaStatue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His StelaStatue of Roy Chanting the Solar Hymn Written on His Stela

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.