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Bas-relief depicting Princess Meritites. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC. Polychrome limestone. It shows two female figures, the two daughters of Meritites and Akhtihetep, flanking a cartouche composed of two cords and bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). From the tomb of Meritites and Akhtihetep in Giza (Egypt). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.

Bas-relief depicting Princess Meritites. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC. Polychrome limestone. It shows two female figures, the two daughters of Meritites and Akhtihetep, flanking a cartouche composed of two cords and bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). From the tomb of Meritites and Akhtihetep in Giza (Egypt). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.
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Bas-relief depicting Princess Meritites. Old Kingdom. 4th Dynasty, ca. 2500 BC. Polychrome limestone. It shows two female figures, the two daughters of Meritites and Akhtihetep, flanking a cartouche composed of two cords and bearing the name of the Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops). From the tomb of Meritites and Akhtihetep in Giza (Egypt). Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon, Portugal.
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Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon. Portugal.
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Album / Prisma
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5964 x 4392 px | 74.9 MB
Print size:
50.5 x 37.2 cm | 19.9 x 14.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
2500 BC 3RD MILLENNIUM BC 4TH DINASTY 4TH DYNASTY AKHTIHETEP ALPHABET ANCIENT EGYPT ANCIENT HISTORY ANIMAL: SNAKE ART ARTS AVES BAS RELIEF BAS-RELIEF BIRD BIRDS CALCAREA CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN MUSEUM. LISBON. PORTUGAL. CARTOUCHE CARTRIDGE CHARACTER CHARACTERS CHÉOPS DEDICATION DYNASTY 4 EGYPT EGYPTE EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION EGYPTIAN EGYPTIANS EMBLEM EMBOSSED EPIC EPIGRAPH EPITAPH FEMALE FEMALE. FEMALES FIGURE FIGURES FIGURINE FOURTH DYNASTY FUNERARY GIZA GRAVE GREEN HIEROGLYPH HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORIA HISTORY HISTORY. INFANTA INSCRIPTION JEROGLIFICA KHUFU LEGEND LIMESTONE LOW RELIEF LOW-RELIEF LUXOR MERITITES MUJER OFFERING OFFERINGS OLD KINGDOM PERSONAJE PERSONALITY PHARAOH KHUFU PHARAOH PHARAON PIECE POLICROMADO POLICROMIA POLYCHROME POLYCHROMED POLYCHROMY PRINCESS MERITITES PRINCESS REGISTRATION RELATIONSHIP SISTER-SISTER RELIEF RELIEFS RELIEVE REPTILE: SNAKE ROCK ROCKS ROCKY SACRIFICE SCRIPT SCULPTED SCULPTING SCULPTURE SCULPTURE. SCULPTURES SEPULCHER SÉPULCRE SERPENT SERPENTS SHEN RING SHEN SHEN-RING SIMBOLOS SISTER SISTERS SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE SNAKES SOCIETY STATUETTE STONE STONES SYMBOL SYMBOLS TEBAS THÈBES THIRD MILLENNIUM B. C. THIRD MILLENNIUM BC TOMB WOMAN'S WOMAN WOMAN. WOMEN'S WOMEN WOMENS WRITING