Stela of Hetepi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The rectangular stela belongs to a man named Hetepi, born of Sitishtek. His hair is short, and he is shown wearing a white kilt with a triangular front panel. Hetepi stands with a long walking stick in one hand and a shorter staff in the other. In front of him is a rack supporting a table and two necked globular jars. Various cuts of meat, as well as vegetables and bread loaves, are placed over the table top with raised edge.

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