Sandstone in art: 114 works, most common in Egyptian Art

Medium114 works

Collection Summary

Works Held	114
Date Range	4500 BC – 2099
Primary Department	Egyptian Art (84)
Most Common Form	Sculpture (70)
Cultures Represented	10
Countries	4
Public Domain	119 works (71%)

Works by Century

45th century BC

38th century BC

36th century BC

31th century BC

30th century BC

26th century BC

21th century BC

20th century BC

19th century BC

16th century BC

15th century BC

14th century BC

13th century BC

12th century BC

11th century BC

6th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

1st century BC

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

11th century

12th century

14th century

16th century

20th century

Departments

Egyptian Art

Asian Art

Islamic Art

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Medieval Art

Forms & Classifications

Sculpture

Stone

Miscellaneous-Stone

Stone-Cylinder Seals

Stone-Sculpture

Stone-Stamp Seals-Inscribed

Cultures Represented

India · 23 India (Uttar Pradesh, Mathura) · 7 India (Madhya Pradesh) · 4 India (Rajasthan) · 3 Coptic · 2India (Uttar Pradesh or Madhya Pradesh) · 2India (Uttar Pradesh) · 2India (Himachal Pradesh, possibly Kangra district) · 1India (Madhya Pradesh); Kalacuri · 1India (Mathura?) · 1

Historical Periods

Middle Kingdom · 22New Kingdom · 19New Kingdom, Ramesside · 18Gupta period · 8 New Kingdom, Amarna Period · 7Roman Period · 5Late Period · 3late Gupta · 2Ptolemaic Period · 2Shunga period · 2

Dynasties

Dynasty 18 · 24Dynasty 19–20 · 13Dynasty 12 · 10Dynasty 12–13 · 5Dynasty 11 · 5Dynasty 12, early · 2Dynasty 19 · 2Dynasty 20 · 1Dynasty 11–18 · 1Dynasty 17–Early Dynasty 18 · 1

Geographic Distribution

Egypt

107

India

Byzantine Egypt

Syria|Syria

Cities Represented

Aswan (Assouan) · 6Aswan · 4Erment · 2Saqqara · 2Thebes · 1Hyderabad · 1Agra · 1probably from Hermonthis (now Arment) · 1

Works Index

Title	Classification	Date	Origin
Cylinder seal	Stone-Cylinder Seals	ca. early 3rd millennium B.C.
Standing female figure wearing a strap and a necklace	Stone-Sculpture	3rd–2nd millennium B.C.
Cylinder seal	Stone-Cylinder Seals	ca. 2600–2350 B.C.	Sumerian
Head of a male statue		ca. 2124–1504 B.C.	Egypt
Part of an Octogonal Column from the Temple of Mentuhotep…		ca. 2051–2000 B.C.	Egypt
Sarcophagus of the Hathor Priestess Henhenet		ca. 2051–2030 B.C.	Egypt
Statue of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II in the Jubilee Garment		ca. 2051–2000 B.C.	Egypt
Plan for a temple garden		ca. 2030–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Cloth bag with hones		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Grinder		ca. 1981–1952 B.C.	Egypt
Head of a male statue		ca. 1981–1900 B.C.	Egypt
Paint grinding slab		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Statue of the Overseer of Stonemasons Senbebu and Family		ca. 1981–1802 B.C.	Egypt
Stela of Amennakht		ca. 1981–1802 B.C.	Egypt
Weight, inscribed with "8"		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Weight: 40 kedets ?		ca. 1981–1640 B.C.	Egypt
Niche Stela with a Man Reciting individual offering Solar…		ca. 1550–1400 B.C.	Egypt
Shrine with statues and relief		ca. 1550–1450 B.C.	Egypt
Whetstone		ca. 1550–1295 B.C.	Egypt
Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I		ca. 1525–1504 B.C.	Egypt
Female Bust from a Pair Statue		ca. 1504–1425 B.C.	Egypt
Male Bust from a Pair Statue		ca. 1504–1425 B.C.	Egypt
Fragment of a Doorjamb from the Tomb of Djehutynefer		ca. 1450–1390 B.C.	Egypt
Block from a Relief Depicting a Battle		ca. 1427–1400 B.C.	Egypt
Sphinx of Amenhotep II		ca. 1427–1400 B.C.	Egypt
Stela of Amenhotep Adoring the Rising and Setting Sun		ca. 1427–1400 B.C.	Egypt
Burial chamber of Sobekmose		ca. 1417–1379 B.C.	Egypt
Stela of Siamun and Taruy worshipping Anubis		ca. 1400–1390 B.C.	Egypt
Pair Statue of Nebwaw and His Wife, Tenethet		ca. 1390–1295 B.C.	Egypt
Relief of Queen Nefertiti		ca. 1353–1336 BC	Egypt
Relief with palace attendant		ca. 1353–1336 BC	Egypt
Fragment with second cartouche of the Aten		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Head of a Funerary Figure of Akhenaten		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Head of Akhenaten		ca. 1353–1336 B.C.	Egypt
Relief Block		ca. 1353–1323 B.C.	Egypt
Relief block with the heads of three Libyans		ca. 1353–1323 B.C.	Egypt
Polisher		ca. 1295–1070 B.C.	Egypt
Polisher		ca. 1295–1070 B.C.	Egypt
Polishing stone		ca. 1295–1070 B.C.	Egypt
Window grill from a palace of Ramesses III		ca. 1184–1153 B.C.	Egypt

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Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access