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Relief fragment, tomb of Mereri First Intermediate PeriodDendera

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 98.4.3n. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 98.4.3n
Find spot: Dendera, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 9
Date: ca. 2100–2030 B.C.
Date range: 2100 BCE – 2030 BCE
Materials: ['limestone']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Relief fragment, tomb of Mereri (98.4.3n). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/216787

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First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 9, ca. 2100–2030 B.C. Limestone. H. 14.5 × W. 35.5 × D. 7.7 cm (5 11/16 × 14 × 3 1/16 in.). From: Tomb of Mereri, Behind Temple of Hathor, Dendera, Northern Upper Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1898. Subject: Birds. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898.

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Found at Dendera

Materials Limestone

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