Funeral Stela of Nefer-Khabet

ca. 2170-2020 BCE (First Intermediate)

46.5 cm 45 cm

Citation Source image

At the end of the Old Kingdom, the authority of the king and court had eroded, and Egypt split into at least two distinct regions. Without a great royal court to patronize workshops, artists and artisans worked for local governors and officials. Lively regional styles develope...

Sculpture

id
id
16662
contentType
contentType
sculpture
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
1
source
source
import
Source image fields (5)
thumbnailUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.85_Fnt_BW.jpg
largeImageUrl https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.85_Fnt_BW.jpg
iiifBase https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_22.85_Fnt_BW.jpg
imageCount 1
sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.85