Headrest of Shemai

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Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum
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Title:
Headrest of Shemai
Date:
ca. 2288-2170 B.C.E.
Description:
Alabaster headrest made in three parts with fluted column. Inscribed in two lines and one column for the Village headman and Courtier sm3.1 (? or sm3), inscription incised and inlaid in malachite. Condition: One chip (recent) on rim of headpiece. Much inlay lost from inscription. The three sections were glued together by Kofler.
Type:
Furniture
Type (Narrower):
Furniture
Type (Broader):
Object
Geographic region:
Deir el Nawahid, Egypt
Time period:
Old Kingdom
Provenance:
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Medium:
Alabaster, pigment
Extent:
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm) base: 6 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (15.7 × 7 cm)
Rights:
Creative Commons-BY
Identifier:
Accession Number: 59.3
Is part of:
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
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