Relief with Netherworld Deities

Medium: Limestone

Geograhical Locations:

• Saqqara, Egypt
• Giza, Egypt

Dates:ca. 1336–1250 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 10 7/8 × 2 1/2 × 24 3/8 in., 41.5 lb. (27.6 × 6.4 × 61.9 cm, 18.82kg)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Exhibitions:

• To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum
• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

Accession Number: 37.1487E

Image: 37.1487E_PS2.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Roughly rectangular limestone slab decorated in raised relief. In two panels are represented deities of the Underworld. Framing these panels are columns of inscriptions which, among other things, identify the owner as a man named Yepu. The slab is from a tomb. Condition: Some chips in surface and surface has been rubbed.

Brooklyn Museum