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Relief fragment possibly from the tomb of Mereri

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 98.4.75oo. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 98.4.75oo
Period: Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 7–10 (?)
Date: ca. 2100–2090 B.C.
Date range: 2100 BCE – 2090 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 possibly from the tomb of Mereri (98.4.75oo). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/217428

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Relief fragments (41), tomb of Mereri (?). Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 7–10 (?), ca. 2100–2090 B.C. Limestone. H. 1 × W. 4.3 × D. 3.8 cm (3/8 × 1 11/16 × 1 1/2 in.). Possibly from: Tomb of Mereri. Credit: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898.

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Materials Limestone Red Pigment

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