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| Keywords: Egyptian - Priest Teti with His Family - Walters 22163 - Left.jpg Teti the priest was the principal owner of this group statue In keeping with artistic conventions he is placed in the center larger than the two other figures and receives their supportive gestures The smaller man is Teti's father also named Teti while the woman is the elder Teti's wife Meket The reference to the god Ptah of ancient Memphis in the inscription on the front of the younger Teti's shendyt suggests that the sculpture may have been dedicated in a temple there This association with Memphis might also account for the statue's unusual pyramid-like shape as a similarly shaped sacred monument called the benben was worshiped in the region ca 1390 BC New Kingdom carved granodiorite cm 55 35 18 5 accession number 22 163 184 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 place of origin Memphis Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian priests Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
