Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Upper Part of a Male Statue, Possibly the Vizier Nebit
Middle Kingdom
Not on view
This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
This small, beautifully sculpted male figure with an intricate wig comes from the elite cemetery directly north of King Senwosret III’s pyramid complex at Dahshur. As in the Old Kingdom, the highest officials placed their tombs near the pyramid of the ruler they served. This head was found in the burial chamber of the vizier Nebit, but it originally stood in an aboveground tomb chapel. Additional fragments suggest that the statue depicted a cross-legged position.
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