Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.

Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

These nine fragments of relief come from the tomb of Neferu, queen of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep II, at Deir el-Bahri. They represent what remains of the queen's offering manu, a grid detailing food, drink, and ritual items needed for the Neferu's eternal survival. For more information on the decoration of Neferu's tomb, see 31.3.1b-s and 26.3.353*.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.Fragmentary offering list with mention of unguents and incense; meat, bread, wine; and beer, fowl and desserts. The queen's name is at the lower left.

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.