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Painted Limestone Relief | |
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Title/s | Painted Limestone Relief |
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Description | fragment, with dog-like animal (possibly a fox) attacking a bird's nest. This motif is better known from Old Kingdom tombs. This relief comes to the museum with others from the funerary temple of King Montuhotep II. |
Field Collection | Deir el Bahri Egypt |
Dimensions |
height 35
cm |
Period | |
Date | 2125 B.C. — 2055 B.C. |
Provenance | given: The Eygpt Exploration Fund 1904 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Accession Number | E.5.1906 (Antiquities) |
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