Offerings Made to the Deceased and his Wife, Tomb of Djehutyemheb

Offerings Made to the Deceased and his Wife, Tomb of Djehutyemheb

Norman de Garis Davies

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenes of the deceased seated at an offering table or receiving offerings of food from their children represent the outcome of Egyptian funerary rites. The dead have achieved blessed status through ritual, and now receive the sustenance that allows them to survive eternally. The eldest son was responsible for the funeral and cult of the deceased. To the left, the eldest son of Djehutyemhab extends a tall bouquet to his father, whose image is only partly preserved. Other children follow bringing fruit, fish, birds, and a small calf. On the right, Djehutyemhab and his wife, Baketkhonsu, are seated before an offering table. Djehutyemhab took over an unfinished tomb from an earlier owner. Here, the earlier multicolored hieroglyphs contrast with Djehutyemhab’s simple red additions.

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.