Stela and Miniature Chapel of the Overseer of the Troops Sehetepib
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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 unique monument consists of a round-topped stela and a miniaturized chapel with small statue niches framed by typical rounded torus moldings and topped by a cavetto cornice. It was dedicated to a family of high-ranking military officers who are listed in the inscriptions. Small statues depicting them must have been placed in the niches. Since its carefully carved texts refer repeatedly to Osiris and other gods of Abydos, the monument might originate from that sacred city. The innovative sculptor who designed it combined elements to create a kind of model tomb or shrine.
This unique monument consists of a round-topped stela and a miniaturized chapel with small statue niches framed by typical rounded torus moldings and topped by a cavetto cornice. It was dedicated to a family of high-ranking military officers who are listed in the inscriptions. Small statues depicting them must have been placed in the niches. Since its carefully carved texts refer repeatedly to Osiris and other gods of Abydos, the monument might originate from that sacred city. The innovative sculptor who designed it combined elements to create a kind of model tomb or shrine.
Artwork Details
- Title: Stela and Miniature Chapel of the Overseer of the Troops Sehetepib
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 12
- Date: ca. 1981-1802 B.C.
- Geography: Possibly from Egypt, Abydos
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: 48 1/16 × 23 5/8 × 23 5/8 in. (122 × 60 × 60 cm)
stela: 30 11/16 × 19 5/16 × 5 1/8 in. (78 × 49 × 13 cm)
chapel: 15 9/16 × 12 3/8 × 10 13/16 in. (39.5 × 31.5 × 27.5 cm) - Credit Line: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art