Stela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer Amenhotep

Stela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer Amenhotep

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This stela depicts the Lector-priest Siamun and his mother, the singer Amenhotep, receiving offerings from "his sister" (probably his wife), the chantress Iretnofret.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer AmenhotepStela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer AmenhotepStela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer AmenhotepStela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer AmenhotepStela of the lector priest of Amun Siamun and his mother the singer Amenhotep

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.