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Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
This facsimile painting copies a detail from a banquet scene in the tomb of Djeserkaraseneb (TT 38) at Thebes. Here, a woman, seated on a low chair, is shown preparing for the festivities with the aid of two servants. A similar chair (36.3.152) was discovered in front of the tomb of a woman named Hatnefer.
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Title: Seated woman with Two Female Servants
Artist:
Charles K. Wilkinson
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: original Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose IV
Date: A.D. 1920–1921; orignal ca. 1400–1390 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, MMA Graphic Section, 1921–1922; Original Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Djeserkaraseneb (TT 38), PM plan (6) II
Medium: Tempera on Paper
Dimensions: Facsimile H. 39 cm (15 3/8 in.); w. 36 cm (14 3/16 in.); Scale 1:1; Framed H. 42.2 cm (16 5/8 in.); w. 38.7 cm (15 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.4.8
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