Relief with Birds in the Papyrus Thicket
Object type: Relief, birds, papyrus
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: late reign of Mentuhotep II
Date: ca. 2030–2000 B.C.
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); W. 107 cm (42 1/8 in.); D. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1907
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906
Accession year: 1906
Tags: Birds|Flowers