Unknown
Relief or Stele
Unknown, 1800-1700 BC
Physical Qualities
Limestone, pigment, 22.9 x 14.6 cm. (approx.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Frank J. and Elizabeth L. Goodnow Collection
Object Number
1958.5
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1958; the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Inscribed: 'A gift that the king gifts to Geb [the god of Earth] that he might give offerings of bread, beer, milk, cattle, and food, and every good and pure thing upon which ones lives. To the ka of the inspector and retainer, Mantu Su, born of Ameny. He is vindicated [.i.e., Ameny is deceased].' Per Betsy Bryan (JHU Professor of Egyptology) 9/10/98
Culture
Unknown
