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Description: | The wooden fragment is decorated with orange, white, blue and black paint. The design is comprised of a central register of hieroglyphs, and yellow and orange colouring on either side. There are dowel holes on each edge of the fragment. John Garstang's excavations at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt, 1902-3.
During the Middle Kingdom (c.2055-1650 BC) tombs were cut into the limestone hills next to the Nile river to house the bodies of the rulers of that Nome. Shaft graves are also present for lesser ranking officials and workers. The higher ranking tombs includes that of local rulers Amenemhet, Bakt, Kheti, Khnumhotep I and Netjernackt. There are 39 tombs in all.
Accession number: NCM 1904-470 | Subjects: | death woodwork EGYPTIAN | Temporal: | 2600BC-2200BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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