Stela of a Man

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A large figure of a man with short hair takes up almost the entirety of this brightly painted monument. An offering formula is inscribed at the top of the rectangular stela, but the name of the owner is no longer legible. He is shown wearing a broad collar and a triangular kilt. He stands with one foot forward, holding a long walking staff in one hand and a shorter scepter in the other. A pile of food, including a leg of beef, a bundle of green onions, and a cucumber, as well as two ovoid jars of beverages, are stacked over a horizontal line in front of the man’s face. The right and left edges of the scene are decorated with block borders of alternating colors.

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