Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Relief of Montuhotep III Middle KingdomArmant

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.16E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.16E
Find spot: Armant, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 1957–1945 B.C.E.
Date range: 1957 BCE – 1945 BCE
Materials: ['Limestone']
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Relief of Montuhotep III (37.16E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/34299

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Object Label: Originally this massive limestone slab belonged to the wall of a chapel built for Montuhotep III at Armant. On the far left the king is depicted wearing a ceremonial beard and the Red Crown of Lower Egypt; on the far right he is seen in the royal headcloth. Between these two images we see the goddess Iunyt. The shrine’s decoration probably showed the Sed-festival, an ancient ritual of royal renewal traditionally held in the king’s thirtieth regnal year. Montuhotep III ruled for only twelve years, so the images probably indicate the king’s wish for a reign lasting at least three decades. Caption: Relief of Montuhotep III, ca. 1957–1945 B.C.E.. Limestone, 31 x 51 1/2 x 4 1/2 in., 470 lb. (78.7 x 130.8 x 11.4 cm, 213.19kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.16E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Armant

Materials Limestone

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BKM-Accession 37.16E tier-2
BKM-Object 3934 tier-2

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