Fragments of wall decoration from the mastaba of the dignitary Tepemankh; Niuserre ruler of Egypt; ca. 2445–2421 BC, Tepemankh ca. 2445–2421 BC., Iconography: sacrificial artists, scribes, mastabas, shipwright; scenes of boat building and bringing funerary offerings. Egyptian, sepulchral funerary architecture; Scen.Gal.Eg., Egyptian architecture. Date: c. 2445–c. 2421 BC, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign. Place of origin: Abusir. Medium: bas-relief. Dimensions: height 26 cm, width 302 cm, depth 16 cm; weight 140 kg., A carved stone relief showing a long boat shape with a curved prow and stern, shallow hull details, and the suggestion of people through carved arms and hands holding poles; the surface has worn carved lines and shallow incisions outlining the boat and figures. The stone shows a palette of pale off-white and beige with areas of reddish-brown pigment on the boat and some brownish spots and smudges across the surface, plus darker grayish marks along a lower band. Th...
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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., Iconography: sacrificial artists, scribes, mastabas, shipwright; scenes of boat building and bringing funerary offerings. Egyptian, sepulchral funerary architecture; Scen.Gal.Eg., Egyptian architecture. Date: c. 2445–c. 2421 BC, Old Kingdom, 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign. Place of origin: Abusir. Medium: bas-relief. Dimensions: height 26 cm, width 302 cm, depth 16 cm; weight 140 kg., A carved stone relief showing a long boat shape with a curved prow and stern, shallow hull details, and the suggestion of people through carved arms and hands holding poles; the surface has worn carved lines and shallow incisions outlining the boat and figures. The stone shows a palette of pale off-white and beige with areas of reddish-brown pigment on the boat and some brownish spots and smudges across the surface, plus darker grayish marks along a lower band. The relief has rough, chipped edges and uneven texture with small pitted areas and scratches visible across the scene.

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Fragments wall decoration mastaba dignitary Tepemankh Niuserre ruler Egypt ca 2445–2421 Bc Tepemankh ca Iconography sacrificial artists scribes mastabas shipwright scenes boat building bringing funerary offerings Egyptian sepulchral funerary architecture Scen.Gal.Eg Egyptian architecture Date c 2445–c 2421 Bc Old Kingdom 5th Dynasty Nyuserre's reign Place origin Abusir Medium bas-relief Dimensions height 26 cm width 302 cm depth 16 cm weight 140 kg carved stone relief showing long boat shape curved prow stern shallow hull details suggestion people carved arms hands holding poles surface worn lines shallow incisions outlining boat figures palette pale off-white beige areas reddish-brown pigment brownish spots smudges across plus darker grayish marks lower band relief rough chipped edges uneven texture small pitted scratches visible across scene.

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