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Relief Fragment Depicting Merettetiiyet with Offerings
Egyptian; offering niche of Merettetiiyet, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Saqqara, EgyptLinkedCulture matchlcp-89a41f1aa182
- Date
- First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE
- Medium
- Limestone and pigment
- Culture
- Saqqara
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 120365
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This pair of panels (along with 1910.224 ) was part of a painted offering niche designed for a woman named Meret-Teti-iyet. The fragmentary upper scenes depict people bringing offerings to sustain her in the afterlife. Meret-Teti-iyet sits behind piles of food at the bottom of each panel, facing approaching visitors. On this panel, she holds a closed lotus blossom on her lap; on the other one, she sniffs an open lotus flower. The lotus, which opens with the rising sun and sinks beneath the water at night, was a symbol of renewal and rebirth in ancient Egypt.
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- Credit line
- W. Moses Willner Fund
- Provenance
- The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1910.
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- Object type
- AAT300190691
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