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Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
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Blocks of fine limestone were used to line the walls of the tomb chapel and provide a surface for the decoration. Visible on this fragment are two legs of an animal that would have been part of a scene in the lowest register.
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Title: Preliminary drawing for a relief
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11–18
Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Sebeknakht (MMA 808), MMA excavations, 1913–14
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 22.4 × W. 8 × D. 16.4 cm (8 13/16 × 3 1/8 × 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number: 14.1.414n
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