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Relief Fragment Depicting Merettetiiyet with Offerings
Egyptian; offering niche of Merettetiiyet, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Saqqara, Egypt
- Date
- First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 10, about 2050 BCE
- Medium
- Limestone
- Culture
- Saqqara
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This pair of panels (along with 1910.223 ) 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 the other panel, she holds a closed lotus blossom on her lap; on this 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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- Object type
- AAT300190691
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