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

Fragment of an Obelisk el-Khokha

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Description

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III, A.D. 1914–1916; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C. Tempera on paper. H. 32.4 cm (12 3/4 in); w. 23.8 cm (9 3/8 in), Scale 1:1, Frame: 34 cm (13 3/8 in); w. 25.4 cm (10 in). Original from: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39), el-Khokha, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt. Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1916. Subject: Birds, Obelisks, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1930.

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