Relief with hieroglyphic label "Lord of Cats' Town"
Unknown
ca. 2353–2150 B.C. · Limestone · Egyptian Art
Discovered in the Middle Kingdom pyramid complex of Amenemhat at Lisht, this fragment can be dated stylistically to the later Old Kingdom. It shows a standing figure of a male deity, who is either animal or bird headed, wearing a wig and holding a scepter. Above him is a hieroglyphic label that reads: "Lord of Cats' Town."
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 2353–2150 B.C.
- Medium
- Limestone
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1915
