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Nyankhre false door stela. 2450 BC. Limestone's small false door from the mastaba of the hairdresser's superintendent of the Palace Niankhre. The relief on the top panel depicts the deceased seated before an offerings table. The central niche and the sides of the door are decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions of funerary offerings to the god Anubis. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. From Saqqara. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

Nyankhre false door stela. 2450 BC. Limestone's small false door from the mastaba of the hairdresser's superintendent of the Palace Niankhre. The relief on the top panel depicts the deceased seated before an offerings table. The central niche and the sides of the door are decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions of funerary offerings to the god Anubis. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. From Saqqara. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
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Nyankhre false door stela. 2450 BC. Limestone's small false door from the mastaba of the hairdresser's superintendent of the Palace Niankhre. The relief on the top panel depicts the deceased seated before an offerings table. The central niche and the sides of the door are decorated with hieroglyphic inscriptions of funerary offerings to the god Anubis. 5th Dynasty. Old Kingdom. From Saqqara. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.
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2513 x 4854 px | 34.9 MB
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21.3 x 41.1 cm | 8.4 x 16.2 in (300 dpi)
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2450 BC 2450BC 25TH CENTURY BC 5TH DYNASTY A. C. ALIMENT ALIMENTATION ALIMENTS ALPHABET ANCIENT AGE ANCIENT ART ANCIENT EGYPT ANCIENT PERIOD ANKH ANUBIS ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT ART ARTS ATRIUM BAS-RELIEF BC BREAD BRITISH MUSEUM BURIAL CITY OF LONDON CRUX ANSATA DEAD DECEASED DECOR DECORATED DECORATION DECORATIONS DECORATIVE DEDICATION DEITY DIVINITY DOCTRINE DOOR DOORWAY EAT EATING EGYPT EGYPTIAN ART EGYPTIAN SYMBOLS EGYPTIAN EGYPTIANS EMBLEM EMBOSSED EPIC EPIGRAPH EPITAPH FAITH FALSE FEEDING FIFTH DYNASTY FOOD FOODS FUNERAL FUNERARY GATE GODHEAD GODS GREAT BRITAIN HAIRDRESSER HIEROGLYPH HIEROGLYPHIC WRITING HIEROGLYPHICAL HISTORIA UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS HISTORY INSCRIBED INSCRIPTION INSCRIPTIONS JAMB KEY OF LIFE KEY OF THE NILE LEGEND LIMESTONE LINTEL LONDON LUNCH LUXOR MAN MASTABA MEAL MEN NIANKHRA NIANKHRE NICHE NOURISHMENT NYANKHRA NYANKHRE OFFERING OFFERINGS OLD KINGDOM OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON ORNAMENT ORNAMENTATION ORNAMENTS ORTHOSTAT PALACE NIANKHRE PANEL PORCH PORTAL PORTICO DE LA GLORIA PORTICO PROMINENCE PUZZLE REGISTRATION RELIEF RELIEVE RELIGION RELIGIOUS RITE SACRIFICE SAKKARA SAQQARA SAQQARA, ARCHAEOL. SITE (ET) SAQQARAH SEATED SEE PONER DE RELIEVE SIMBOLOS SITTING SMALL STELA STELE STELE, ALL SUPERINTENDENT SYMBOL TABLE TEBAS THÈBES TINY UK V DYNASTY WRITING