Stela of the Gatekeeper Maati, First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051–2030 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Probably from Tarif, Limestone, L: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.), H: 36.3 cm (14 5/16 in.), D: 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), Maati is shown seated in front of the offering table with a jar for the sacred oil in his left hand. The text on this masterpiece of early Middle Kingdom relief art contains references to other figures of the time-such as Maati's overseer, the treasurer Bebi, who later became a vizier, and an ancestor of the ruling family called Intef 'the Great'-demonstrating the close ties that bound rulers and followers together in the Theban society of the time
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