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Stela of the Hall Keeper of the Palace Senwosretankh
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.
The top section of this stela represents the realm of the gods and the king. In the center is the oval cartouche of Senwosret III, which is flanked by the two main gods of Abydos: Osiris-Khentiamentiu (left) and Wepwawet (right). Osiris is shown in his typical shape as a mummiform figure wearing the tall white crown. Both deities present signs of life and stability to the royal name. The bottom section depicts the owner and his family receiving typical funerary offerings. A strict separation of the divine and human realms on stelae was apparently maintained until the late Middle Kingdom.
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