Relief fragment of group of archers
Painted limestone fragment of relief depicting a group of archers
Details
- ID
- MMA_22.1.23
- Alternate IDs
- MMA_22.1.23; 22.1.23
- Department
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Classification
- Architectural elements-Relief
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reused Dynasty 12
- Title
- Relief fragment of group of archers
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- h. 25.4 (10 in); w. 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in)
- Credit Line
- MMA, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
- Provenance
- Probably originally from Khufu's pyramid temple at Giza; reused in the pyramid of Amenemhat I at Lisht
- Notes
- Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Lisht. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1923.