Offering Scene from the Tomb of Akhethetep (Illustration)

Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 03 January 2015

Offering Scene from the Tomb of Akhethetep — This limestone fragment depicts an offering scene. It was found inside the tomb of the high dignitary of Egypt Akhhethetep. From the mastaba (eternal house) of Akhhethetep, Saqqara (Sakkara), Egypt. Old Kingdom, 3-4 Dynasty, 2700-2600 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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