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Relief with the name of king Sneferu
General Information

Ahmed Fakhry discovered many important inscribed blocks at the cult temple of pyramid of Sneferu from Dahshur. Among them was a fragment depicting a female figure represents royal estate from the nomes of Egypt, wears a wig and long dress. Above her head the cartouche of the king.

Number 98950
Storing Place Egyptian museum - Cairo - Egypt
Material Limestone
Type Fragment of a wall
Type of Script Hieroglyphic
Discovery Place Dahshur - Giza Governate - Egypt
Width 50 cm
Height 55 cm
Historical Period The Forth Dynasty – The Old Kingdom
Inscriptions on the Monument
Transliteration
( If the Hieroglyphic,Demotic or Hieratic text is not appearing clear, install this file )

snfrw


Translation

Sneferu

Scientific Publishing

D. Arnold, C. Ziegler, C. Roehrig, Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids By Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1999), 195.

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