Funerary Stela of the Royal Sealer Neferiu
Dynasty 8- First Intermediate Period (ca.2150-2010 BCE)
Painted Limestone, from Dendera (according to parallels
Gift of J. Pierpoint Morgan, 1912 (12.183.8)
Fuzzy, but still gives an idea of whole piece...
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I'm not entirely sure which piece this is. When I visited the Met in 2008, I photographed the entire card nearest this piece. Six pieces are described, and I'm certain which one is the Funerary Stela of Indi and His Wife, so that narrows it down to five. It's painted, so that eliminates the pieces which are not painted, which leaves us with three options. I think it's more likely to be Neferiu's funerary stela, for the theme of a high pile of food before the deceased one insures they will be well-fed in the afterlife. Also, the 'nefer' hieroglyph is repeated often in the stela text, so it's a good chance it is 'Neferiu' they are describing.
 (From Wilkinson's _Reading Egyptian Art_)
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