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Wall relief

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This relief comes from an Herakleopolitan tomb wall. The scene shows cattle crossing the Nile river, close to a boat. Another fragment from this same scene is today in the Rosicrucian Museum of San Jose, California.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1976/114/a/2068

Dating

1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not before); 1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD; MIDDLE KINGDOM (not after)

Archaeological Site

IHNASIYA EL-MADINA/HERAKLEOPOLIS

Category

WALL

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

HEWN

Height

20 cm

Width

24.5 cm

Depth

10.9 cm

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