Relief with two officials or sons of the Vizier Dagi ca. 2010-2000 B.C. or ca. 2000-1981 B.C. Middle Kingdom Dagi was a treasurer and vizier during the late years of Mentuhotep II (2010-2000 B.C.) and the reign of Mentuhotep III (ca. 2000-1988 B.C.). His rock-cut tomb, which has the traditional shape of a "saff"-tomb with a pillared facade, overlooked the Asasif valley (the eastern extension of Deir el-Bahri). Owing to the friable consistency of the rock, the massive pillars had to be strengthened with brick. Both the brick and rock segments of the pillars were covered with plaster and painted with scenes from daily life.Unusually, the corridor into the interior started from the tomb facade, not from the transverse hall behind the pillars, as was the norm. It led to an interior offering chapel. Both the corridor and the chapel were cased in fine limestone and decorated with painted reliefs. The tomb was used in early Christian times as a monastery, and the casing blocks were, either at

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Relief with two officials or sons of the Vizier Dagi ca. 2010-2000 B.C. or ca. 2000-1981 B.C. Middle Kingdom Dagi was a treasurer and vizier during the late years of Mentuhotep II (2010-2000 B.C.) and the reign of Mentuhotep III (ca. 2000-1988 B.C.). His rock-cut tomb, which has the traditional shape of a "saff"-tomb with a pillared facade, overlooked the Asasif valley (the eastern extension of Deir el-Bahri). Owing to the friable consistency of the rock, the massive pillars had to be strengthened with brick. Both the brick and rock segments of the pillars were covered with plaster and painted with scenes from daily life.Unusually, the corridor into the interior started from the tomb facade, not from the transverse hall behind the pillars, as was the norm. It led to an interior offering chapel. Both the corridor and the chapel were cased in fine limestone and decorated with painted reliefs. The tomb was used in early Christian times as a monastery, and the casing blocks were, either at

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