Stela: Sculptor, Amenhotep I, and Ahmose-Nefertari

A painted stele with a rounded top. It is decorated in two registers on a white ground. The top register features two seated figures in profile and a table laden with objects. Cartouches and other signs appear above the figures. Four figures appear in the bottom register, also in profile, but facing the opposite direction. The first two figures kneel and raise their hands, while the second two stand behind them and appear to be much smaller. Several rows of hieroglyphic writing appear above these four figures.

Stela: Sculptor, Amenhotep I, and Ahmose-Nefertari

Description:
Stela of the Sculptor Qen Worshiping Amenhotep I and Ahmose-Nefertari
Artist:
Artist Unknown
Medium:
Limestone and paint
Dimensions:
H. 37.7 cm; W. 28.6 cm; D. 5.8 cm
Context:
Tomb of Qen (TT 4), Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Upper Egypt; König 1862
Date:
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, Reign of Ramesses II, ca. 1279–1213 BCE
Inventory Number:
59.93
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fletcher Fund, 1959
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art