Funerary Stela of Maaty


Funerary Stela of the Gatekeeper Maaty
Dynasty 11, early reign of Mentuhotep II (ca. 2051-2039 BCE)
Limestone, From western Thebes, el-Tarif (according to the type of stela and individual mentioned)
Rogers Fund, 1914

(From info card)
"The text on this masterpiece of early Middle Kingsom relief art contains references to other figures of the time --such as Maaty's oversee, 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"

Note the jewelry chest under Maaty's chair. The Met has one shaped like this: