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Facsimile of the painting on the inside of the foot end of the sarcophagus of Aashyt

First Intermediate Period–Middle Kingdom
ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Facsimile of the painting on the inside of the foot end of the sarcophagus of Aashyt
  • Artist: Charles K. Wilkinson
  • Period: First Intermediate Period–Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 11
  • Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II
  • Date: ca. 2051–2030 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: facsimile: h. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in); w. 31 cm (12 3/16 in), scale 1:2, framed: h. 38.1 cm (15 in); w. 35.6 cm (14 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.105.30
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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