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Fragment of relief with courtier

Fragment of relief with courtier
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This is one of numerous relief fragments from a series of offering-bearers or courtiers, retrieved by the Egypt Exploration Fund in the clearance of the temple of king Nebhepetra Mentuhotep on the West Bank at Thebes. The fragment preserves part of a finely carved figure of a courtier, one hand held in reverence to the chest. He wears a formal kilt bound in a knot at the waist. Series of such figures are first found in relief on the walls of Old Kingdom royal pyramid temples, evidently the inspiration for the artists of Mentuhotep during the reunification of Egypt at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom.
Present location NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number 1907:476
Dating MENTUHOTEP II/NEBHEPETRE
Archaeological Site DEIR EL-BAHARI
Category RELIEF
Material LIMESTONE
Technique RELIEF; PAINTED; CARVED
Height 24 cm
Width 32 cm
Depth 11 cm
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