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Painted limestone relief from the Giza tomb of Mekhebu, G 2381, dating to the 6th Dynasty. The tomb is part of the Senedjemib complex and was found in 1912 long with a of a jumble of fragments. The fragment is from Mekhebu's Serdab and was part of a series of similar reliefs. Interestingly the relief is painted on the limestone rather than incised into the stone - which is less common in this period in Gina. The other fragments are carved in low-relief. Boston Museum of Fine Art. |