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King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure Old Kingdom

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 18.2.4. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 18.2.4
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5
Reign: reign of Sahure
Date: ca. 2458–2446 B.C.
Date range: 2458 BCE – 2446 BCE
Materials: ['gneiss']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure (18.2.4). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/29243

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Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, reign of Sahure, ca. 2458–2446 B.C. Gneiss. H. 64 × W. 46 × D. 41.5 cm, 127 kg (25 3/16 × 18 1/8 × 16 5/16 in., 280 lb.). From: Egypt. Subject: Kings, Men. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1918.

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Wikidata-Q Q29385729 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 18.2.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 543882 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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