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Stele of Ameny

Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 12 – early Dynasty
1991–1640 B.C.
Place of Origin: Egypt, Probably from Abydos

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 64 x 9 cm (19 5/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Weight: 49.9 kg (110 lb.)
Credit Line Seth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession Number1970.630
ClassificationsArchitectural elementsStele

DescriptionStele depicting Ameny and his wife seated opposite Ameny's parents with food offerings piled between them. In the register below Ameny, four servants bring offerings. The three registers above Ameny contain an offering formula that invokes Osiris and Wepwawet. The bilateral symmetry of the composition suggests that this stele was the central element of a stele-chapel.
ProvenanceProbably from Abydos. By 1970, property of the Kevorkian Foundation; December 18, 1970, Parke-Bernet sale, New York, lot 23, purchased by the MFA.