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Fragment of a tomb painting
Circa 1350 BC
British Museum
London, United Kingdom
Fragment of a polychrome tomb painting representing funerary offerings and with four vertical registers of polychrome painted hieroglyphs surviving.This scene includes round and long loaves of bread as well as fruits in pots such as grapes and figs. It also shows other foods such as geese and a joint of meat.
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Details
- Title: Fragment of a tomb painting
- Date Created: Circa 1350 BC
- Location: Africa,Egypt,Upper Egypt,Tomb of Nebamun (Thebes), 18th Dynasty
- Physical Dimensions: Length: 104.2 centimetres Width: 61 centimetres
- Technique: Painting
- Material: Plaster
- Image copyright: The British Museum
- Copyright: The Trustees of the British Museum
- British Museum website: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=117386&partId=1&people=99952&object=19796&page=1
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