Inscribed, hieroglyphs: [translated: the deceased Shen-sethi]
Bolster-shaped Limestone Lintel, between 2134 and 2040 BCE
- Egyptian
Limestone
- Overall: 4 1/2 × 14 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (11.4 × 37.5 × 7.9 cm)
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
1990.212.3
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Details
excavated, from tomb of Shen-sethi (Dendereh, Egypt)
1897-98, excavated by Flinders Petrie
1899, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Egyptian, Bolster-shaped Limestone Lintel, between 2134 and 2040 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899, 1990.212.3.