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Egyptian Relief

Object/Work	Catalog Level: item Type: relief		Controlled list Authority
Classification	Terms: sculpture              murals              Egyptian art		Controlled list
Titles or Names	Text: Relief of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep     Preference: preferred     Type: repository		Free text Controlled list
Creation	Creator Description: unknown Egyptian		Free text
	Identity: unknown Egyptian Role: sculptor		Authority Authority
	Creation Date: during or immediately after the reign of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep (ca. 2040-1957 BCE)     Earliest: -2050 Latest: -1957		Free text Controlled format
	Creation Place/Original Location: Deir el-Bahri, (Western Thebes, Egypt)		Authority Authority
Style/Period/ Group/Movement	Indexing Term: Middle Kingdom (Egyptian)		Authority
Measurements	Dimensions Description: 35.9 cm (height) (14 1/8 inches)		Free text
	Value: 35.9 Unit: cm Type: height		Controlled format and Controlled lists
Materials and Techniques	Description: painted limestone, low relief carving		Free text
	Material Name:              limestone              paint Technique Names:              bas-relief		Authority
Inscriptions/Marks	Transcription or Description: in part, the hieroglyphics include the name Mentuhotep ("Montu [a local Theban god] is satisfied"), enclosed in the oval-shaped cartouche in front of his face; his Horus name, Sematawy ("Uniter of the Two Lands [Upper and Lower Egypt]") is seen at the top of the rectangular device (a serekh) next to the cartouche.		Authority
Subject Matter	Indexing Terms:      religion/mythology      funerary object      Mentuhotep II (ancient Egyptian king, ca. 2040-1957 BCE)      pharaoh      hieroglyphics      human figure      male		Authority
Context	Architectural Context-Building/Site: mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II (Deir el-Bahri, Western Thebes, Egypt)		Authority
Descriptive Note	Text: Mentuhotep II was the founder of the Middle Kingdom, reuniting Egypt after the chaotic First Intermediate Period. This relief comes from his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes. The high standards of the royal Theban workshops are evident in the delicately modeled low relief and the finely painted details.		Free text
	Citations: Metropolitan Museum of Art online Page: accessed 10 February 2006		Authority Free text
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) Repository Numbers: 07.230.2		Authority Free text
Relief of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep, ca. 2040-2010 B.C.E.; reign of Nebheptere Mentuhotep; Middle Kingdom; Egyptian; Upper Egypt, Western Thebes; Painted limestone; H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York); Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907 (07.230.2). Photo by The Photograph Studio, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, copyright © 2000 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.