Inscribed, hieroglyphs, cut in sunk relief: [translated: in all this land, but did this as my exemplary duty, doing what my lord praised.]
Long Narrow Rectangular Limestone Lintel, between 2134 and 2040 BCE
- Egyptian
Limestone
- Overall: 6 × 21 × 3 1/8 inches (15.2 × 53.3 × 7.9 cm)
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899
1990.212.1B
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, Long Narrow Rectangular Limestone Lintel, between 2134 and 2040 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1899, 1990.212.1B.
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