Bas-relief, woman bringing food-offerings
Fragment of relief from the temple of king Nebhepetra Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahari,
showing one of a series of women bearing offerings, with columns of
hieroglyphic text.The inscription refers to temple offerings brought
from the 'estates of Upper [and Lower] Egypt' for the cult of the king;
the trace of a cartouche
behind the female figure may be from the king's name as part of the
name of an estate, in which case the woman would be a personification of
the place. The motif derives from Old Kingdom royal pyramid
temples, but the figure is in the provincial Theban style found before
the reunification of Egypt under Nebhepetra. This indicates that the
Theban court had adopted northern, Memphite art for the principal royal
building-project before the north had been incorporated into a reunited
Egypt.
Present location
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND [30/002] DUBLIN
Inventory number
1906:351
Dating
MENTUHOTEP II/NEBHEPETRE
Archaeological Site
Category
Material
Technique
RELIEF; CARVED
Height
30 cm
Depth
18.5 cm
Translation
divine offerings [..]
his estates of Upper [and Lower ?] Egypt
Bibliography
- E. Naville, XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el-Bahari I, London 1907, 68, pl. 13 E.
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