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Tomb painting

Description

Painting from a tomb wall, on a slab of straw-bound mud coated with plaster and painted in glue tempera, showing part of a banquet scene: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, 18th Dynasty, c.1550-1400 BC

Museum reference

A.1967.674

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tomb painting

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Mud, Plaster

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Thutmose III

Exhibitions

  • Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
    National Museum of Scotland

  • The Tomb

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