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Limestone block carved with a kheker frieze at the upper part, from Kopotos (Qift), Egypt, 1580-1550 BCE. At the lower middle part, we can see the the double plume headdress of the god Min; on its either...

This limestone block fragment came from the debris of the north wall of the antechamber within the pyramid of king Pepi (Pepy) I at Saqqara. The fragment contains 5 vertical columns of green-filled hieroglyphic...

This limestone fragment depicts a standing man, who faces to the right. The hieroglyphic inscriptions read "official of property of the king(or one known to the king) Rahotep". From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. Old...

This limestone fragment of a stela or a block from chapel wall depicts a butcher who cuts up a leg of beef. At the upper part, there is a pile of meat. Some of the the hieroglyphic inscriptions read "meat...

On this sandstone stela, there are 10 lines of hieroglyphs inside the border line. The stela mentions the name of the guard of the bureau of fields, Sehetepibre (born of Ite). From the Tombs of The Courtiers...

This limestone slab was found beneath the sand of the Ptolemaic temple at Kopyos (Qift). At the left side, the figure of the king Pepi II looks to the right. Before him, the rope-border cartouche containing the birth-name...

This limestone fragment depicts a prow of a ship. There are sailors, facing right; the foremost sailor holds a pole or a spear. The ship was originally painted black while the sailors were painted red. From Egypt...

This limestone wall block depicts the Nile-Flood god Hapy who wears the plants of Upper Egypt; his head and shoulders are shown. He faces to the left and and brings offerings of hetep-mat, qebeh-jar, hes-jar...

Limestone slab with 14 columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions listing offerings The hieroglyphs on the slab edge read "revered before Anubis upon his mountain, he who is in the embalming-place". The slab dates back to the...

This is a part of a painted limestone stela with different colors. A man sits on a lion-legged chair before offerings and a offering table. There is one line of hieroglyphic inscription at the upper part with offering...