Inscribed, on right: [translated: the king gives an offering to Osiris, lord of Ddw (Busiris), for the chancellor of the king of Lower Egypt, estate manager, sole companion, lector priest, great overlord of the nome, Tzwti]
Carved Limestone Funerary Relief, between 2323 and 2150 BCE
- Egyptian
Limestone
- Overall: 21 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (54.6 × 34.3 × 7.3 cm)
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990.202
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Details
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)
Egyptian, Carved Limestone Funerary Relief, between 2323 and 2150 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1990.202.
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