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Woven Tapestry of Amenhotep II
General Information

Portion of a white linen robe bearing both inscriptional and floral ornamentation, crowned uraei flank the prenomen of Amenhotep II, and there are eight rows of alternating lotus flowers and papyrus umbels.

Number 46526
Storing Place Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material Linen
Type Textile
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place The tomb of Tuthmosis IV - Luxor - Egypt
Width 42 cm
Height 29 cm
Historical Period The Eighteenth Dynasty – The New Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

nTr nfr nb Xaw aA xprw ra


Translation

The good god, the lord of the crowns Aakhepreure.

Scientific Publishing

Rosalind M. Janssen,The "Ceremonial Garments" of Tuthmosis IV Reconsidered, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, Bd. 19, (1992), 217-224.

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