CultureEgyptian
Titles
- Pair of Reliefs depicting Ankh-neb-ef
- Relief of Ankh-neb-ef
Date2345–2181 BC
MediumLimestone, pigment
Dimensions.1: 44 x 20 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (111.8 x 51.4 x 3.8 cm)
.2: 38 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (97.8 x 56.5 x 3.8 cm)
Mounted, with base: 70 1/4 x 22 x 14 in. (178.4 x 55.9 x 35.6 cm)
.2: 38 1/2 x 22 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (97.8 x 56.5 x 3.8 cm)
Mounted, with base: 70 1/4 x 22 x 14 in. (178.4 x 55.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., Nancy B. Negley, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long, Isabel B. and Wallace S. Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. in honor of Norna Sarofim, with additional funds provided by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.384.1,.2
Not on view
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This is Ankh-neb-ef, a tenant of the Pyramid Estate of Pharaoh Pepy II, revered under the Great God who is Lord of the Sky. The lector-priest Ankh-neb-ef warns, "Those who shall pull any stone from my tomb will be judged by the Great God. I am a skilled priest, the revered one, Ankh-neb-ef."
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332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
Francisco de Goya
c. 1787–1788
Oil on canvas
2016.78
