About the Artwork
Carved Limestone Funerary Relief
between 2323 and 2150 BCE
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Egyptian
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Limestone
Overall: 21 1/2 × 13 1/2 × 2 7/8 inches (54.6 × 34.3 × 7.3 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990.202
Public Domain
Markings
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]
Provenance
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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Credit Line for Reproduction
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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