Egyptian Limestone Fragment Group

MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2035-1550 B.C.

4 - 10 7/8 in. (1.03 kg total, 10.1-27.7 cm).

Comprising four fragments of dressed and plastered wall, each with painted hieroglyphs in blue, green and black shades, some with low-relief modelling. [4]

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Oppenheim, A., Arnold, Do., Arnold, D., Yamamoto, K. (eds.), Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, New York, 2015, p.61, cat.11 detail, for similar styling of the eye and eyebrow.

Footnotes

These fragments seem to be sections of tomb wall reliefs. They include portions of an offering formula, mention of a 'district', a festival, and the symbol of Anubis. The decoration in different parts of some Middle Kingdom tombs had scenes and texts applied in paint or executed with raised relief carving.

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