Name panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret I

Name panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret I

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Both the inside and the outside of the stone enclosure around the pyramid of Senwosret I at Lisht were decorated with one hundred relief panels, four of which have been reconstructed using excavated fragments. Repesented are images of the world according to ancient Egyptian beliefs. Between the fertile land below and the falcon of the sky above lies the realm of the pharaoh, symbolized by the ornate front of his palace. Each field above the palace facade contains Senwosret's Horus name, "Living in births." At the bottom, each panel ended with a relief representation of a fertility god. Only the very top of the head of one such figure can be seen, on 34.1.206. This panel contains two of the names of the king: Ankhmesut Senwosret.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Name panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret IName panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret IName panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret IName panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret IName panel from mortuary complex of Senwosret I

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.