Relief from the Mortuary Temple of King Sahure: Gods and Enemies

Artist unknown5th Dynasty, c. 2440 BCE

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

Pharaoh Sahure (c. 2400 BC) is depicted as a huntsman who kills the wild beasts and thus subjects nature to the human concept of order. The gods present him with Libyan, Nubian and Asian prisoners in chains, thus ensuring the maintenance of political order.

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Title: Relief from the Mortuary Temple of King Sahure: Gods and Enemies
Creator: Artist unknown
Date Created: 5th Dynasty, c. 2440 BCE
Type: Relief
Medium: Limestone
Inv. no.: ÄM 21782
ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Sandra Steiß || Text © Prestel Verlag / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz

Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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