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Middle Kingdom
Made from a writing board, this wooden stela belonged originally to a woman named Ita and was then usurped by a man named Hetepi. Other objects from the tomb are staves, arrow fragments, inscribed linen, two pots, a jar stopper, and the writing board fragments and paddle doll displayed below.
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Title: Writing board stela of Ita, usurped by Hetepi
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Date: ca. 2030–1981 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 110, 1st chamber on right, MMA excavations, 1926–27
Medium: Sycomore, plaster, paint
Dimensions: H. 55.3 × W. 34.6 × Th. 1.7 cm (21 3/4 × 13 5/8 × 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession Number: 27.3.50
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