Detail View: The AMICA Library: Relief of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.07.230.2
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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Creator Nationality:
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African; North African; Egyptian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Egyptian
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Title:
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Relief of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 2040-2010 B.C.E.
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Creation Start Date:
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-2040
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Creation End Date:
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-2010
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Materials and Techniques:
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Painted limestone
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Dimensions:
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H. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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07.230.2
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1907
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Rights:
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Context:
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King Nebhepetra Mentuhotep, often referred to as Mentuhotep II, was revered by the Egyptians as the ruler who reunited Egypt after an era of disunity known as the First Intermediate Period. Mentuhotep II was the founder of the Middle Kingdom. He built his mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes, where this relief was uncovered. The delicately modeled low relief and the finely painted details demonstrate the high artistic standards that prevailed in the royal Theban workshops during this dynamic period in Egyptian history. Especially fine is the goddess at the right of the block, destroyed at the end of Dynasty 18 during the Amarna Period. She was repaired in plaster in early Dynasty 19, indicating that the temple was still in use seven centuries after it was built. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.eg07.230.2.R.tif
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