Artist:Egyptian
Medium: Limestone, pigment (Egyptian blue, indigo)
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Dates:ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 7 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 in., 5.5 lb. (18.4 × 3.8 × 26.7 cm, 2.49kg) mount (m2 (on board)): 9 3/4 × 13 × 2 3/4 in. (24.8 × 33 × 7 cm)
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Accession Number: 49.18
Image: 49.18_PS9.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Fragment of limestone tomb relief. At left in raised relief, incomplete figure of seated man. In center, squatting scribe, body entirely frontal, facing left, holding in front of him a long palette. At right, large unidentified object (a misunderstood scribe's box?). Inscriptions in raised relief; left 'Steward of the land of Lower Egypt'; center, 'Scribe of the gang of Lower Egypt?' Register division at top and bottom. Companion piece of 48.74 and 49.17. Remains of color on body of scribe and on hieroglyphs. Condition: Poor. Lower left area missing. Entire stone cracked and split along many fissures.