Relief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside date

Relief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside date

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment most likely comes from the entrance passage of Khety's chapel. It was part of a scene showing the performance of rites and the presentation of offerings to the tomb owner.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Relief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside dateRelief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside dateRelief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside dateRelief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside dateRelief showing Khety’s hand, with a graffito of Ramesside date

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.