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Relief of Offering Bearers Carrying Boxes
Middle Kingdom
Not on view
This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
This fragment depicts a row of men carrying chests or boxes that would have contained such items as linen, jewelry, stone vessels, and cosmetic utensils, possibly to be used during a ritual or as provisions for the queen’s afterlife.
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