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Relief fragment from the tomb of Meketre Middle KingdomSouthern Asasif

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 31.3.172m. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 31.3.172m
Find spot: Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Date range: 1981 BCE – 1975 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 from the tomb of Meketre (31.3.172m). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/218788

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Relief, tomb of Meketre. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Amenemhat I, early, ca. 1981–1975 B.C. Limestone. H. 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 6.1 cm (2 3/8 in.); D. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.). From: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101), Southern Asasif, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1931.

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Found at Asasif

Materials Limestone Red Pigment Paint

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