tomb-painting
- Museum number
- EA71539
- Description
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Fragment of a tomb chapel inscription: a small fragment of limestone bearing a painted hieroglyphic inscription in raised relief. The text is painted in red, green, blue and black, on a yellow background. A white area to the left of the fragment is probably the remains of the kilt of the figure to which the hieroglyphs were a caption.
- Dimensions
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Height: 7.40 centimetres
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Width: 11.60 centimetres
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Depth: 7.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The fragment was part of the right-hand wall of the main chamber of the painted tomb chapel of the nomarch of the Hare nome, Djehutyhotep son of Kay, which was covered with scenes of his servants' activities in house and estate. part of procession of Djehhutyhotep's attendants (see .1147).
Bibliography:
B. Porter & R. Moss, 'Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings' IV (Oxford: Clarendon Press),179-81;
P.E. Newberry, 'El Bersheh' I (London, 1893),
'Archaeological Survey of Egypt' 3 (London, 1894), pl. 27.6.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- fair (incomplete)
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA71539
- Registration number
- 1989,1102.23
