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Archers Old KingdomGiza

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 22.1.23. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 22.1.23
Find spot: Giza approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 4
Reign: reign of Khufu or Khafre
Date: ca. 2551–2494 B.C.
Date range: 2551 BCE – 2494 BCE
Materials: ['limestone', 'paint']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Archers (22.1.23). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/104

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Relief, archers. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu or Khafre, ca. 2551–2494 B.C. Limestone, paint. H. 25.4 (10 in.); W. 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.). Probably originally from: Giza. Subject: Men, Archery. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

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Found at Giza

Materials Limestone Paint

Cross-references (4)

Wikidata-Q Q116252311 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 22.1.23 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 543895 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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