Edited by Marsha Hill

With Deborah Schorsch, Technical Editor

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Yale University Press, New Haven and London

This volume is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples," held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October i6, 2007, to February 18, 2008.

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The exhibition is made possible by

It is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.

The catalogue is made possible by The Adelaide Milton de Groot Fund, in memory of the de Groot and Hawley families.

Additional support is provided by the Fila Acheson Wallace Fund.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

John P. O'Neill, Publisher and Editor in Chief Dale Tucker, Senior Editor Antony Drobinski, Designer Paula M. Torres, Production Manager Philomena Mariani, Bibliographic Editor Cathy Dorsey, Indexer

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Copyright © 2007 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art All rights reserved

No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Fibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Gifts for the gods : images from Egyptian temples / Marsha Hill, editor ; Deborah Schorsch, technical editor, p. cm.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

New York, Oct. 16, 2007-Feb. 18, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-58839-231-2 (Metropolitan Museum of Art : he)—

ISBN 978-0-300-12408-8 (Yale University Press : he) 1. Sculpture, Egyptian—Exhibitions. 2. Sculpture, Ancient—Egypt—Exhibitions.

3. Metal sculpture—Egypt—Exhibitions. 4. Statues—Egypt— Exhibitions. 5. Temples—Egypt—Exhibitions. I. Hill, Marsha, 1949-II. Schorsch, Deborah. III. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N. Y.) NB75.G54 2007

732'.80747471—dc22  2007030150

Jacket illustration: Detail of Fragment from Menit ofHarsiese (cat. no. 33)

Frontispiece: Amun (cat. no. 19)