About the Artwork
Bolster-shaped Limestone Lintel
between 2323 and 2150 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Limestone
Overall: 2 × 12 × 2 inches (5.1 × 30.5 × 5.1 cm)
Inscription
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
1990.216
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Markings
Inscribed, hieroglyhs: [translated: Tzwti]
Provenance
excavted from tomb of Tzwti (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)
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Egyptian, Bolster-shaped Limestone Lintel, between 2323 and 2150 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899, 1990.216.
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