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Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
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This facsimile painting copies a detail from a scene of men harvesting and working papyrus in the tomb of Puyemre (TT 39) at Thebes. Facsimile 30.4.11 illustrates another part of this scene.
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Title: Men Splitting Papyrus
Artist:
Hugh R. Hopgood
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: original Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: A.D. 1914–1916, original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, el-Khokha, Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1916
Medium: Tempera on Paper
Dimensions: facsimile: h. 40 cm (15 3/4 in.); w. 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.); scale 1:1; framed: h. 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.); w. 54.9 cm (21 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.4.10
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