Naos stela with Pa-inmu and his father It, son of Pedise

Naos stela with Pa-inmu and his father It, son of Pedise

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The priests Pa-inmu (viewer right) and his father It (left) are represented in high relief as if they were standing in the doorway of a naos or shrine. Their simple costumes, wigs and pose are modeled on Old Kingdom sculpture. The stela was made by Pa-inmu's son who was named It, after his grandfather. The woman Tabaket-en-ashakhit is named as the elder It's wife and Pa-inmu's mother. The modeling of It's chest is subtly softer than that of his son.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.