Pair of sandals from the Burial of Amenhotep

Pair of sandals from the Burial of Amenhotep

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A pair of leather sandals were found near the foot of the mummy inside the coffin of the child Amenhotep (36.3.153). The leather has been stained red and the upper sides of the soles have been lightly incised with geometric decoration.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pair of sandals from the Burial of AmenhotepPair of sandals from the Burial of AmenhotepPair of sandals from the Burial of AmenhotepPair of sandals from the Burial of AmenhotepPair of sandals from the Burial of Amenhotep

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.