Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · relief_fragment

Bench Side-Panel Depicting a Calf in the Marshes New KingdomMalqata

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Description

Painting, calf in the marshes. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 B.C. Mud plaster, paint. Unframed: H. 45.3 × W. 7.8 cm (17 13/16 × 3 1/16 in.); Framed: H. 50.5 × W. 82 × D. 7.8 cm, 39.3 kg (19 7/8 × 32 5/16 × 3 1/16 in., 86.6 lb.). From: Palace of Amenhotep III, Western Harim Wardrobe Room, Malqata, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1910–11. Subject: Animals. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1911.

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Found at Malqata
Materials PaintMud Plaster

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116244628 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 11.215.453 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544503 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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