牧师监督人和牧牛人梅雷里墓的过梁和浮雕，描述了他的模范生活 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	牧师监督人和牧牛人梅雷里墓的过梁和浮雕，描述了他的模范生活
品名（英）	Lintel and Relief from the Tomb of the Overseer of Priests and Keeper of the sacred Cattle Mereri, Describing His Exemplary Life
入馆年号	1898年，98.4.2f
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 2100 - 公元前 2030
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 50 × 宽 44 厘米 (19 11/16 × 17 5/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	在虚弱的第八王朝之后，没有法老声称统治整个国家。历史学家称埃及历史的后续阶段为第一中间时期。政治凝聚力下降的根源是严重的经济问题。古代近东此时经历了气候变化，埃及变得越来越干旱。尼罗河每年的洪水量特别低，使情况更加恶化。最终恢复的功劳要归功于地方领导人，他们逐个地区地处理困难，并制定了新的灌溉方法。最终，出现了两个主要的权力中心：一个北部中心由法尤姆入口以南的赫拉克利奥波利斯麦格纳（Ehnasya el-Medina）统治（第9和第10王朝），以及位于上埃及底比斯的南部中心（第11王朝）。这两个实体都设法获得了邻近地区的效忠，尼罗河谷在政治上一分为二，边界在阿拜多斯的南部和北部波动。丹德拉在阿拜多斯地区，表现出不断变化的效忠。梅雷里的头衔表明他在丹德拉的哈索尔崇拜中扮演着一些重要的角色，包括负责服装以装扮邪教形象。他在现场建造了一座非常大的泥砖马斯塔巴。东立面有一个单一的自传式楣板作为檐口。入口上方是刻有铭文的拱门，通过一条装饰有浮雕的通道进入一个长方形的房间，那里有十三个带石碑的壁龛。主人的假门位于内部供养室。从马斯塔巴的北侧，一个入口通过拱形隧道进入墓室。这幅残片描绘了梅雷里本人拿着他的法杖和权杖。它被认为是被放置在通往第一个房间的通道中，可能属于两个牛被带入坟墓的登记册。
介绍（英）	After the weak 8th Dynasty, no pharaoh claimed to rule over the whole country. Historians call the ensuing phase of Egyptian history the First Intermediate Period. At the root of the decline in political cohesion were serious economic problems. The ancient Near East underwent climatic changes at this time, and Egypt became increasingly arid. Particularly low annual flooding of the Nile exacerbated the situation. Credit for the eventual recovery goes to local leaders, who dealt with the difficulties region by region and instituted new methods of irrigation. Eventually, two major power centers emerged: a northern center governed from Heracleopolis Magna (Ehnasya el-Medina) just south of the Fayum entrance (Dynasties 9 and 10), and a southern center based at Thebes in Upper Egypt (Dynasty 11). Both entities managed to gain the allegiance of neighboring regions, and the Nile Valley became politically split in half, with the border fluctuating to the south and north of Abydos. Dendera was in the Abydos region and evinces shifting allegiances. Mereri's titles indicate he had roles of some importance in the cult of Hathor of Dendera, including responsibility for the clothing for attiring the cult image. He built a very large mud brick mastaba at the site. The eastern facade had a single register autobiographical frieze as a cornice. The entrance, surmounted by an inscribed architrave, led via a passage decorated with relief into a long rectangular room where there were thirteen niches with stelae. The owner's false door was located in an inner offering room. From the north side of the mastaba an entrance accessed the burial chamber through a vaulted tunnel. This fragment depicts Mereri himself holding his staff and a scepter. It is thought to have been placed in the passage leading into the first chamber, probably belonging with two registers of cattle being led into the tomb.