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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Seventeenth Dynasty</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Second Intermediate period</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>17th Dynasty</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Dynasty, Seventeenth</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>XVIIth Dynasty</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to the period in Egypt from about 1630 to 1540 BCE during the reign of rulers at the city of Thebes in the South. The period is characterized by the anticipation of the flourishing of artistic production in the following New Kingdom and the continued production of high quality royal sculpture. ]]></note></mads>