Relief from the Chapel of the Overseer of the Troops Sehetepibre

Relief from the Chapel of the Overseer of the Troops Sehetepibre

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The "overseer of troops" Sehetepibre, son of Satankhu was the owner of a commemorative chapel that housed two relief slabs in the collection (65.120.1, 65.120.2). On these slabs, he is seen seated at an offering table, and members of his family are depicted as mummies. Althought hieroglyphs could be written in either direction, the preference was to write from right to left. Thus, the list of Sehetepibre's family begins at the right of this slab with the two larger mummies identified as Sehetepibre himself and the "lady of the house" Djehutihotep (perhaps his wife). Beside them, from right to left are the couple's daughter Satankhu; Seka, son of Satmay; Seshemi, daughter of Setankhu; Senebes, daughter of Gifit; and the "overseer of troops" Khentikheti, son of Renesankh. The list of family members is continued on the second slab (65.120.1).

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.