Veneer Fragment from a Box with the "Two Ladies" Name (Meryibtawy) of the Heracleopolitan King Meribre Khety
Object type: Inlay, King Meribre Khety
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 9
Reign: reign of Meribre Khety
Date: ca. 2100 B.C.
Medium: Ivory, carnelian (originally fully inlaid with semiprecious stones)
Dimensions: H. 4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.); W. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Pyramid Temple of Amenemhat I
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–22
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922