Relief of an attendant raising a necklace in front of a pole-like image

Unknown

ca. 2051–2030 B.C. · Limestone, paint · Egyptian Art

This fragment shows that rows of attendants (see 26.3.353-1 and 26.3.353-3) were not the only theme depicted in raised relief on the right hand wall of the passage into Neferu's tomb. In front of the remains of a woman holding a necklace, we see a polelike entity that seems to be topped by a wig, perhaps an abstracted, sacred image. See also 26.3.353* and 31.3.1.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2051–2030 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1926