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Middle Kingdom
Several of the monuments created for the wives of Mentuhotep II include scenes showing aroyal woman having her hair dressed. These two small fragments come from a comparable depiction in Neferu’s tomb.
For other reliefs from the tomb of Neferu, see 31.3.1 and 26.3.353*.
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Title: Relief of Queen Neferu having her hair done
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II, early
Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319, MMA 31), MMA excavations, 1923–25
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: 26.3.353k: 26 x 8.5 cm (10 1/4 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.3.353-2-related
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