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Man Transporting a Hedgehog and a Hare, Tomb of Khnumhotep Middle KingdomBeni Hasan

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 33.8.15. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 33.8.15
Find spot: Beni Hasan, Middle Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret II
Date: ca. 1897–1878 B.C.
Date range: 1897 BCE – 1878 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), Man Transporting a Hedgehog and a Hare, Tomb of Khnumhotep (33.8.15). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/23641

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Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret II, ca. 1897–1878 B.C. Tempera on paper. facsimile: h. 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in); w. 54 cm (21 1/4 in), scale 1:1, framed: h. Original from: Tomb of Khnumhotep (Tomb 3), Beni Hasan, Middle Egypt, Egypt. Excavation: MMA graphic expedition. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1933.

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Found at Beni Hasan

Materials Tempera On Paper

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