This pale, painted limestone wall fragment shows three of the daughters of the Middle Kingdom official Djehutihotep. The fragment measures about 80 by 75 centimetres but it is irregular in shape, and has broken edges. It is narrow at the bottom, widens in the upper area but narrows again to a peak that is off-centre at the top. The white background has become smudged and flecked with grey.
Three black-haired, dark-skinned, narrow-waisted females stand in a row in profile, wearing fitted, almost slinky white robes.
Each woman holds a pale blue and green triangular lotus flower to her nose. More lotuses form their coronet style headdresses, which are worn square on the brow, with a long tie trailing at the back. Each figure wears a necklace and bracelets with the same geometric green and blue lotus motif. They are part of his entourage in eternity.
Only one of the three figures - the one in the middle - is complete. This is the tallest section of the fragment, and the only place where a whole person is shown. On the left side the fragment is broken off, so the left-hand figure is visible from chin to hip, with one bent arm and a lotus. On this same side there’s a clean-edged rectangular join which looks like a tile. It’s the edge of the wall block the relief was painted on.
The right side of the fragment is broken so that figure is visible from head to knee, but the right elbow is missing and only the shoulder and the tip of the lotus flower remain. The lotus is a water lily which opens and shuts as the sun rises and sets - the perfect symbol for rebirth.