Dahshur Exc. no. 131

Text:

Address to the living

Script:

Hieroglyphs

Date:

early to mid-12th Dyn. (n kꜣ n jmꜣḫjj; šs mnḫt with two separate signs without extra signs; mixed filiation ms.n+M jr.n+M (late date excluded); Schulz 1992, 26, argues for a date in the early 12th Dyn.)

Bibliography:

Fakhry 1961, 15-16 (2), pl. LI-LII [bp, h, t]; Schulz 1992, no. 051, pl. 22a [bp]; Verbovsek 2004, 219-221, pl. 2c [bp, h, t]; Shubert 2007, MK.27 [t (i)]

Object

PM:: III, 878
Type:: Statue
Subtype:: Block statue
Material:: limestone
Size:: 540 mm
Provenance:: Dahshur