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Relief fragment from the wall of a mastaba

This block must have originally belonged to the wall of a chapel built into a rectangular structure with sloping sides, called a “mastaba” (from the Arabic for “bench”), which covered a shaft leading down to a burial chamber. The scene shows fishermen drawing in their nets under the supervision of the “director” (imy-ra) of fishing.

Suppl. 1261
Stone / Limestone
93 cm x 26 cm x 7 cm
76 cm x 28 cm x 8.5 cm
17.5 cm x 26 cm x 8 cm
2435–2305 BCE
Old Kingdom
Fifth Dynasty
Menfi, cemetery
Purchase Ernesto Schiaparelli, 1900–1901
Museum / Floor -1 / Roman Wall Storage / Rack B / Shelf 01
Museo Egizio