Relief Fragment
Object Number:
29-87-627
Current Location:
Collections storage
Provenience:
Egypt
Dra Abu El-Naga
Locus:
Lower Terrace Debris
Period:
New Kingdom
Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made:
1292-1190 BC
Early Date:
-1292
Late Date:
-1190
Section:
Egyptian
Materials:
Limestone
Pigment
Iconography:
Woman
Earring
Description:
Fragment of Relief depicting the head of a woman in profile facing left. She has an elaborate wig only the traces of which remain. Pigment traces show she wore a large gold disc-shaped earring.
Height:
18cm
Width:
23cm
Depth:
5cm
Credit Line:
Coxe Expedition to Drah abu el Naga (Thebes), Egypt. Directed by Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1921-1923
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997)
Bibliography:
[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. : Page/Fig./Plate: 142-43
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