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Floral Decoration, Mastaba of Perneb Old KingdomSaqqara

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. INST.1979.2.20. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: INST.1979.2.20
Find spot: Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5, end
Reign: reign of Isesi–Unis
Date: ca. 2381–2323 B.C.
Date range: 2381 BCE – 2323 BCE
Materials: ['tempera on paper']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Floral Decoration, Mastaba of Perneb (INST.1979.2.20). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215473

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Facsimile, Perneb. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, end, reign of Isesi–Unis, ca. 2381–2323 B.C. Tempera on paper. h. 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in); w. 27.4 cm (10 13/16 in) scale unrecorded. From: Saqqara, Memphite Region, Egypt. Credit: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1913.

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Found at Saqqara

Materials Paper Tempera Paint

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