Lintel block from the false door of Mery's chapel
This portion of a lintel block above gives some of Mery's priestly and administrative titles. His wife and child are depicted in another relief (X.179).
Artwork Details
- Title: Lintel block from the false door of Mery's chapel
- Period: Old Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 4
- Date: ca. 2575–2520 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Djoser precinct, north of the Step Pyramid
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: L. 90.2 cm (35 1/2 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Edmund Lassalle, 1967
- Object Number: 67.50
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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