Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque

Overview Uninscribed Cartouche-Shaped Plaque New Kingdom, Ramesside ca. 1153–1147 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122 Ramesses IV initiated several building projects and sent large expeditions to mining regions and quarries early on in his reign. His plans and ambitions were cut short by his death in the sixth year of his reign, but he had been able to complete and decorate his tomb in the Valley of the Kings. He also began work on a gigantic processional temple in Thebes, in which a number of intact foundation deposit were found with literally hundreds of plaques and other objects, like this cartouche-shaped plaque.