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.