Men from a Scene of Music and Games
ca. 670-650 B.C.E.
Egyptian
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Scenes of daily life, many of which may actually have had religious significance, were a basic element of private-tomb decoration until the first part of Dynasty XVIII. Their renewed popularity in tombs of Dynasties XXV and XXVI reflects that era's penchant for the past. It is uncertain whether the unusual frontal depiction of the scribe shown here is an archaism or an innovation of the relief's own time.
- Maker/Artist
- Egyptian
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone, pigment
- Locations
- Possible place collected: Thebes (El-Assasif), Egypt
- Dimensions
- 4 1/8 x 8 15/16 x 1 in. (10.4 x 22.7 x 2.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 83.160
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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