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Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
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Blocks of fine limestone such as this were used to line the walls of the tomb chapel and provide a surface for the decoration. Visible here is the preliminary drawing of a head in profile and the front of a foot from the register above, meant as the basis for relief carvings that were never completed.
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Title: Preliminary drawing of a head and foot
Period: Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11–18
Date: ca. 2124–1504 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Sebeknakht (MMA 808), MMA excavations, 1913–14
Medium: Limestone, ink
Dimensions: H. 16.8 × W. 18 × D. 5.5 cm (6 5/8 × 7 1/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Accession Number: 14.1.414a
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