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Very possibly this was the original cave-shrine of Hathor, long before Mentuhetep's time, and was incorporated with the Great Temple and beautified with the addition of a pillared hall before it, built over part of the XIth Dynasty north court and wall, by Hatshepsu's architects. The Great Temple, the excavation of which for the Egypt Exploration Fund was successfully brought to an end by Prof.
The peculiar style of these reliefs was previously unknown. In connection with them a most interesting possibility presents itself. We know the name of the chief artist of Mentuhetep's reign. He was called Mertisen, and he thus describes himself on his tombstone from Abydos, now in the Louvre: "I was an artist skilled in my art.
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