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View full screenPortion of mastaba wall in limestone, in five fragments joined together and carved in low relief, depicting statue-dragging before the tomb owner, censing, and offering bearers: Ancient Egyptian, Lower Egypt, Saqqara, Tomb Chapel of Niankhnesut, Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, c.2360-2270 BC
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Egypt, Northern Africa
Early 6th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian
Saqqara, Lower Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa
Ni-ankh-nesu
Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
National Museum of Scotland
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Delvaux, Simon, "Études sur les modes de transport terrestre en Égypte de l'Ancien au Nouvel Empire" (2016; PhD thesis Montpellier), no. 282
PM III.2, 694-6
Austin, William L. 2015“The Tomb of Ny-ankh-nesut: A Contextualized Study of Looted Fragments,”Electronic Thesis or Dissertation.Oberlin College. Published by Oberlin College Honors Theses and OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center.https://etd.ohiolink.edu/; Doc. no. 1431522764 permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1431522764
Mumford, G., "Concerning the Identity of Niankhnisut, His Rediscovered Tomb Chapel, the Affiliated Decorative Program, and Other Thoughts", in Christina Geisen, Jean Li, Steven B. Shubert, Kei Yamamoto (eds.) His Good Name: Essays on Identity and Self-Presentation in Ancient Egypt in Honor of Ronald J. Leprohon (2021), pp.213-248
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