Large Tag for Mummy Late PeriodSaqqara
Description
Object Label: Among the most common so-called daily-life scenes found in Old Kingdom tombs are ones in which servants parade livestock or food as their master sits watching. Where this was meant to take place is a matter of debate. Did these scenes occur in the hereafter, did they depict actual events in the lifetime of the tomb owner, or were they symbolic in nature? This block shows a number of motifs drawn from such scenes. Their asymmetrical arrangement and the size of the object itself raise questions about the original purpose of the block. It may be an artist's model or a fragment of a stela. Caption: Large Tag for Mummy, 664–332 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 9/16 in. (14 x 9.5 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1394E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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- Die Lehre des Hordjedef / 〈05. 〉tBrooklyn 37.1394 E ORAEC text(unbestimmt)
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Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 37.1394E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117942 tier-2
- ORAEC-id oraec3820 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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