Stela of the Scribe Amenhotep

Stela of the Scribe Amenhotep

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Painted limestone stela depicting Humay and his wife Senetnofret in the top register, with Pakhered and his wife Amenhotep seated in the register below. The officiating dedicator in both cases is a scribe named Amenhotep.

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.