Throne for a god with royal stature

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A goddess with spread wings forms the back and arm of this throne, its sides are striding lions with curled tails.These features signify an association with royalty, so a god with royal stature would be the intended, most likely some child god akin to Harpokrates. The inscription on the front is difficult to make sense of, but the side names the Hetepimen son of Gemes(w)hapy as the beneficiary.

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