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Limrestone relief

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Title/s	Limrestone relief
Category	architectural element
Name	wall block
Description	fragment, with female head
Field Collection	Deir el Bahri Egypt
Dimensions	length 28.5 cm
Period	Eleventh Dynasty Middle Kingdom, Reign of Mentuhotep II (Nebhepetra)
Date	circa 2055 B.C. — 2004 B.C.
Provenance	given: Ricketts and Shannon Collection 1937 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Bourriau, J.D. (1988) Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom , Cambridge (Cambs.) (1988) Cambridge (Cambs.) [page: ] [comments: No.6] Porter, Bertha Moss, Rosalind Burney, Ethel W. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.2, Theban temples [page: 397] [comments: 2nd edition]
Material/s	limestone
Accession Number	E.21.1937 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 53562; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Limrestone relief