Part of an Octogonal Column from the Temple of Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051–2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1907, Sandstone, paint, H. 36.8 × W. of inscribed side. 24.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.); W. of text (including was scepters): 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.), Two joined fragments from an octagonal column, from the ambulatory of Mentuhotep II's temple. The original column was carved from a single piece of sandstone quarried near Aswan. It is inscribed with one of the names of the king (sema tawy, 'the one who unites the Two Lands') as an incarnation of the god Horus, shown here as a falcon in the crown of Upper Egypt
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Part, Octogonal Column, Temple, Mentuhotep II, Deir el-Bahri, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca, 2051–2000 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1907, Sandstone, paint, H, 36.8, W, inscribed side, 24.1 cm, 14 1/2, 9, text, scepters, 20.8, 8 3/16, Two joined, fragments, octagonal column, ambulatory, temple, original, carved, single piece, sandstone quarried, Aswan, inscribed, names, king, sema tawy, unites, Lands, incarnation, god Horus, shown, falcon, crown
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