Temple relief , 2nd century BCE
244 x 455.5 cm (h x w)
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Coming from her funerary chapel, this relief depicts the judgement of Queen Shanakdakhete in the underworld.

Nigel Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt (London: The British Museum Press, 2006), 316-317, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA719.

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