Relief fragment with a cobra on the royal head
Object type: Relief, cobra, royal head
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II, later
Date: ca. 2020–2000 B.C.
Medium: Painted indurated limestone
Dimensions: H. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Mentuhotep II
Excavation: Egyptian Exploration Fund excavations, 1905
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906
Accession year: 1906
Tags: Snakes