tomb-painting
- Museum number
- EA37982
- Description
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Fragment of a limestone tomb-painting representing the assessment of crops, for the purposes of tax, on Nebamun's estate, five vertical registers of hieroglyphs survive; the rest of the fragment is divided into two registers, with a horse-drawn chariot above and cart drawn by onagars beneath.
- Production date
- 1350BC (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 106.70 centimetres
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Width: 83 centimetres (painting only)
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Width: 45.80 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published:
PM I Part 2, p. 817.
Discussion, Strudwick, Tomb of Amenemopet called Tjanefer;
N. Strudwick, Masterpieces of Ancient Egypt, London 2006, pp. 176-7.
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/dc1)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited;
1977 London, BM, Animals in Art
- Condition
- good (incomplete)
- Acquisition date
- 1821
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA37982
- Registration number
- .37982
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: ES.176
