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A Part of The
"Meidum Geese"
JE 34571 (CG 1742) Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Painted
Plaster
Size: Height: 27 cm; Length 172 cm (Total)
Location: Meidum, Mastaba of Nefermaat
Excavation: A. Mariette's Excavations of 1871
Period: 4th Dynasty, Reign of Sneferu (2575 - 23551
BC)
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This was a fragment of painted plaster was part of the
wall decoration of the mastaba of Nefermaat and Atet at
Meidum. It decorated the lower section of the wall
of the passage leading to the chapel of Atet. It was
painted using a tempera technique, with pigments of
mineral origins diluted in water.
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