tomb-painting
- Museum number
- EA37979
- Description
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Fragment of a polychrome tomb-painting representing Nebamun seated (probably associated with the goose census scene from the same tomb) with remains of five vertical registers of polychrome-painted hieroglyphs.
- Production date
- 1350BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 67.50 centimetres (painting only)
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Length: 73 centimetres
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Width: 54 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
PM I Part 2, p. 817;
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 174-5.
Full publication: R. Parkinson, The Painted Tomb-Chapel of Nebamun: Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art in the British Museum (London: British Museum Press 2008).
A. Middleton and K. Uprichard (ed.), The Nebamun Wall paintings: Conservation, Scientific Analysis and Display at the British Museum (London: Archetype 2008).
- Location
- On display (G61/dc2/sB)
- Condition
- fair (incomplete)
- Acquisition date
- 1821
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA37979
- Registration number
- .37979
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: ES.173
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Other BM number: EA173 (original Big Number)