MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Box with Lid - Walters 4129.jpg This unusual container in the form of a miniature shrine or shrine-shaped sarcophagus was made for an important official the treasurer and steward Neter-isy and his wife Nub-em-seshy Since the lid ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Box with Lid - Walters 4129.jpg This unusual container in the form of a miniature shrine or shrine-shaped sarcophagus was made for an important official the treasurer and steward Neter-isy and his wife Nub-em-seshy Since the lid is inscribed with an offering text and Neter-isy is called the justified meaning deceased on the right side of the box the container was probably a funerary object included in the couple's tomb ca 1956 1872 BC Middle Kingdom red granite cm 11 6 18 10 5 accession number 41 29 4840 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Aswan Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Works of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom
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