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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY V-VI, 2465-2150 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
Old Kingdom, Dynasty V-VI, 2465-2150 B.C.
Sculpted in raised relief, depicting the male owner seated at the left, wearing a short wig, pectoral, bracelets, and a short kilt, before him an offering table piled high with loaves of bread and a haunch of beef, inscribed in hieroglyphic text in sunk relief reading "incense," "a thousand bread," and "a thousand beer," a single line of hieroglyphs above, with traces of polychrome
15½ in. (39.4 cm) high
Old Kingdom, Dynasty V-VI, 2465-2150 B.C.
Sculpted in raised relief, depicting the male owner seated at the left, wearing a short wig, pectoral, bracelets, and a short kilt, before him an offering table piled high with loaves of bread and a haunch of beef, inscribed in hieroglyphic text in sunk relief reading "incense," "a thousand bread," and "a thousand beer," a single line of hieroglyphs above, with traces of polychrome
15½ in. (39.4 cm) high