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Door jamb from the tomb of Mehi

EGYPT, Saqqara, tomb of Mehi
Door jamb from the tomb of Mehi
 2236 BCE-2143 BCE

Medium
limestone

Measurements
78.8 × 29.0 × 10.4 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
© Public Domain

Gallery location
18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Saqqara, Egypt

Inscription
incised (vertically) u.r.-c.l.: (hieroglyphs) (translation: District Governor, Seal Bearer of the King of Lower Egypt, Steward / Seal bearer of the King of Lower Egypt, Sole Companion, Lector Priest Mehy)

Accession Number
D82A-1982

Department
Antiquities

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