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Catalog Level: item
Type: relief
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Classification
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Terms:
sculpture
murals
Egyptian art
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Titles or Names
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Text: Relief of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep
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Creation
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Creator Description: unknown Egyptian
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Identity: unknown Egyptian
Role: sculptor
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Creation Date:
during or immediately after the reign of Nebhepetre
Mentuhotep (ca. 2040-1957 BCE)
Earliest:
-2050 Latest:
-1957
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Creation Place/Original Location: Deir
el-Bahri, (Western Thebes, Egypt)
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Style/Period/ Group/Movement
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Indexing Term: Middle Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Measurements
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Dimensions Description: 35.9 cm (height)
(14 1/8 inches)
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Value: 35.9 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
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Description: painted limestone, low
relief carving
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Material Name:
limestone
paint
Technique Names:
bas-relief
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Inscriptions/Marks
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Transcription or Description: in part,
the hieroglyphics include the name Mentuhotep ("Montu
[a local Theban god] is satisfied"), enclosed in
the oval-shaped cartouche in front of his face; his
Horus name, Sematawy ("Uniter of the Two Lands
[Upper and Lower Egypt]") is seen at the top of
the rectangular device (a serekh) next to the cartouche.
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Subject Matter
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Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
funerary object
Mentuhotep II (ancient
Egyptian king, ca. 2040-1957 BCE)
pharaoh
hieroglyphics
human figure
male
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Context
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Architectural Context-Building/Site:
mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II (Deir el-Bahri, Western
Thebes, Egypt)
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Descriptive Note
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Text: Mentuhotep II was the founder of
the Middle Kingdom, reuniting Egypt after the chaotic
First Intermediate Period. This relief comes from his
mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes.
The high standards of the royal Theban workshops are
evident in the delicately modeled low relief and the
finely painted details.
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Citations: Metropolitan Museum of Art
online
Page: accessed 10 February 2006
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Current Location
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Repository Name/Geographic Location:
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United
States)
Repository Numbers:
07.230.2
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