Writing board stela of Ita, usurped by Hetepi

Writing board stela of Ita, usurped by Hetepi

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Made from a writing board, this wooden stela belonged originally to a woman named Ita and was then usurped by a man named Hetepi. Other objects from the tomb are staves, arrow fragments, inscribed linen, two pots, a jar stopper, and the writing board fragments and paddle doll displayed below.

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.