Fragments of wall decoration from the mastaba of the dignitary Tepemankh, Niuserre ruler of Egypt; ca. 2445–2421 BC, Tepemankh ca. 2445–2421 BC, revindication provenance, sacrificial artists, scribes, mastabas, shipwright iconography, Scen.Gal.Eg., Egyptian architecture, sepulchral funerary architecture, scenes of boat building and bringing funerary offerings, c. 2445–c. 2421 BC; Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign, Abusir, bas-relief, height 26 cm, width 302 cm, depth 16 cm, weight 140 kg, A rectangular stone block with a rough, pitted surface shows a carved scene of two pairs of human legs in profile, with the legs arranged horizontally on a slightly raised band; the carved limbs have traces of reddish-brown pigment while the rest of the stone ranges in pale beige and light gray tones with areas of darker gray discoloration and small patches of muted red.
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Fragments of wall decoration from the mastaba of the dignitary Tepemankh, Niuserre ruler of Egypt; ca. 2445–2421 BC, Tepemankh ca. 2445–2421 BC, revindication provenance, sacrificial artists, scribes, mastabas, shipwright iconography, Scen.Gal.Eg., Egyptian architecture, sepulchral funerary architecture, scenes of boat building and bringing funerary offerings, c. 2445–c. 2421 BC; Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign, Abusir, bas-relief, height 26 cm, width 302 cm, depth 16 cm, weight 140 kg, A rectangular stone block with a rough, pitted surface shows a carved scene of two pairs of human legs in profile, with the legs arranged horizontally on a slightly raised band; the carved limbs have traces of reddish-brown pigment while the rest of the stone ranges in pale beige and light gray tones with areas of darker gray discoloration and small patches of muted red.

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Fragments wall decoration mastaba dignitary Tepemankh Niuserre ruler Egypt ca 2445–2421 Bc Tepemankh ca revindication provenance sacrificial artists scribes mastabas shipwright iconography Scen.Gal.Eg Egyptian architecture sepulchral funerary architecture scenes boat building bringing funerary offerings c 2445–c 2421 Bc Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign Abusir bas-relief height 26 cm width 302 cm depth 16 cm weight 140 kg rectangular stone block rough pitted surface carved scene two pairs human legs profile legs arranged horizontally slightly raised band carved limbs traces reddish-brown pigment rest stone ranges pale beige light gray tones areas darker gray discoloration small patches muted red.

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