Relief Showing a Seated Woman Smelling the Blossom of a Water Lily


Relief Showing a Seated Woman Smelling the Blossom of a Water Lily
Dynasty 12, according to the style, possibly reign of Amenemhat I (ca. 1981-1952 BCE)
Painted limestone, Rogers Fund, 1908 (08.202.42)

(From info card)
"This image of a seated noble woman comes from the tomb of either the woman herself or her husband. A special variety of beer and provisions of incense are mentioned in the inscription on the left."