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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Caption: 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.

Location: Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. Lisbon. Portugal.

Credit: Album / Prisma

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Image size: 5964 × 4392 px | 74.9 MB

Print size: 50.5 × 37.2 cm | 2348.0 × 1729.1 in (300 dpi)

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