Relief: upper register deity procession, below: winged sun disk
Middle Kingdom
Large colorful deity processions usually decorated all four walls of a square chamber placed near the back of pyramid temples. Represented were the gods and goddesses of Egypt walking in procession toward large images of the king. The scene was inspired by episodes from the king's thirty years' festival, when images of Egypt's gods and goddesses were gathered in their chapels around the pharaoh, guaranteeing new life to the ruler.
This block comes from a the pyramid temple of Senwosret I. The legs and feet of a god and a goddess are preserved here, but not enough remains to identify them. Below is part of a winged sun disk representing Horus, whose epithets are inscribed at the left. The winged disk and the block border pattern below it reveal that the block originally stood above a door.
