Block Statue of Nedjem

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nedjem held the office of "god's Father" in the mortuary temple of King Merneptah during the reign of Ramesses III; the cartouches of both rulers are inscribed on his shoulders. His statue bears inscriptions on all four sides; the front panel contians an offering prayer addressed to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Depictions of Nedjem's wife and son appear on the right and left sides respectively. Nedjem dedicated this statue in the Eleventh Dynasty temple of Mentuhotpe II at Deir el Bahri so that he might partake of the offerings made to the gods worshipped there. The lopsided features and crude incised inscription indicate the decline in artistic quality whichi is frequently encountered in the sculpture of the Twentieth Dynasty.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art