About the Artwork
Offering Relief of Khety
1991/1785 BC
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Limestone
With mount: 24 7/16 x 22 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 62.07 x 56.52 x 17.15 cm) 21 7/8 x 22 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (55.5 x 56.52 x 7.0 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Hill Memorial Fund and contribution from anonymous donor
81.4
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Markings
At center an inscription consisting of two vertical lines includes the name of the deceased, Khety. "Invocation offerings, funerary meal to the ka of (the beloved of his lord) the revered one, Khety."
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DIA BULLETIN, vol 59, no 4, 1981, p 111 (ill).
"La Chronique des Arts-Principales Acquisitions des Musees en 1981" supplement to the GdBA, no. 1358, Mars 1982. p. 37. Ill.
BDIA, Vol. 59, no. 4, 1980-1981. pp. 111; 116.
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Egyptian, Offering Relief of Khety, 1991/1785 BC, Limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Hill Memorial Fund and contribution from anonymous donor, 81.4.
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