God's throne supported by two striding lions

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This throne has fittings for a separate statuette of a seated god. The lions forming the sides of the seat and the kneeling god heh holding notched reeds insignaling long rule are associated with royalty, and indicate Harpokrates or another god with royal stature would have been seated on the throne.

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