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Wall Fragment from a Tomb Depicting Offering Bearers
Ancient EgyptianOld Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (about 2400–2250 BCE)
- Attribution
- Egyptian
- Medium
- Limestone
- Physical dimensions
- 50.8 × 50.2 × 10.2 cm (20 × 19 3/4 × 4 in.)
- Credit line
- W. Moses Willner Fund
CATALOGUE RECORD
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In the upper row, a priest named Irtyenankh carries a haunch of beef, while the man behind him plucks a sacrificial bird from a cage. Among the offerings in the middle register is a tall, covered beer jar.
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