Identity area
Reference code
Bonomi MSS 9.12
Title
Egypt. Saqqara. Objects from Tombs. False-doors and stelae. Wooden niche-stela of Merib and son Nedjemib, now in Paris, Musée du Louvre, N.3389
Date(s)
- 1842 (watermark) or after (Creation)
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1 item
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(1796-1878)
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Scope and content
Wooden niche-stela of Merib, Royal acquaintance and son Nejemib, Steward, end of Dynasty III or early Dynasty IV, from Saqqara, now in Paris, Musée du Louvre, N.3389 (TopBib iii2.746):
- pencil sketch on white tracing paper
- mounted
- 25.7 x 41.7 cm
- [on sketch] 'Fragment in just wood in the Col-of / M Seissons drawn one fourth of / the size of the original / It is in basso relievo and perfectly in / the style of the sculptures of the tombs of / Gezeh' (pencil note)
- [on mount] encircled '20' (pencil note, almost certainly by Dr Moss)
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