Tomb Wahka II

Tomb Wahka II: Wall paintings

Petrie 1930: pl. XXIV

translation part of the inscription in the upper register:

'...strong upon you, in your beautiful face, that you might see your god of your town, rejoicing in you ...'


























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UC 8844

fragmentary wooden statue; late Old Kingdom or First Intermediate Period (about 2400 - 2000 BC)

UC 8844

Petrie Museum

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Serabit el-Khadim

Floor plan of the Hathor temple in Serabit el-Khadim

W. Flinders Petrie (Researches in Sinai, London 1906, map 4) - Dieter Arnold: Die Tempel Ägyptens, S. 224

Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai Peninsula, Section.I.Page.8. Monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia according to the illustrations by die scientific mission ordered by His Majesty the King of Prussia, Frederick William IV. and undertaken to these countries in the years 1842-1845.

 Remains of Temple of Hathor, Serabit el-Khadim

Templo de Atón. Amarna

Dream Stela of Thutmose IV

William Kelly Simpson (right) with Zahi Hawass in front of the Dream Stela of Thutmose IV, situated between the paws of the Great Sphinx, August 1977

stela

Stela

Figure painted in red with bracelets and necklace, a winged disk above figure. Wreath in hair, object in the left hand, ground line yellow

Meroitic

Penn Museum

Shoulders and neck of a large figure of Dagi

Shoulders and neck of a large figure of Dagi


Period: Middle Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 11

Reign: late reign of Mentuhotep II or later

Date: ca. 2010–2000 B.C. or ca. 2000–1981 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Dagi (TT 103, MMA 807), MMA excavations, 1911–12

Medium: Limestone, paint

Dimensions: H. 19.5 × W. 40.5 cm (7 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912

Accession Number: 12.180.246

As a royal treasurer and vizier, Dagi was the highest official in the country under one or more kings of Dynasty 11. The fragmentary remains of what was once the elegant decoration of his tomb, unfortunately destroyed in antiquity, bear witness to his importance, and to the skill of the artists attached to the court of the Mentuhotep kings.

What remains of this block of relief depicts a large figure of Dagi himself, perhaps seated at a table of offerings. He wears an elaborate "broad" collar, called a wesekh, composed of cylinder beads with drop-shaped beads along the edge (see 22.1.249 for an actual example). Visible on either side of his neck is the cord of the cylinder seal that he would have used for official business.

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