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Preliminary drawing for a relief Middle Kingdom–Early New KingdomSheikh Abd el-Qurna

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Description

Relief drawing, Sebeknakhte. Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom, Dynasty 11–18, ca. 2124–1504 B.C. Limestone. H. 7 × W. 8.5 × D. 1.5 cm (2 3/4 × 3 3/8 × 9/16 in.). From: Tomb of Sebeknakht (MMA 808), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1914.

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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

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