Women at a Banquet
ca. 1400-1353 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
These fragments depict the heads and upper torsos of two richly dressed women at a banquet. Their jewelry includes large gold earrings, and their stylish dresses appear to be extremely flimsy. In keeping with Egyptian drawing convention, the women are shown overlapping to indicate that they sat side by side.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone, gesso, pigment
- Locations
- Place excavated: Thebes, Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 18
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dimensions
- .1: 3 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1/16 in. (8 x 5 x 0.2 cm) .2 : 1 x 1 3/16 x 9/16 in. (2.5 x 3 x 1.4 cm) .3: 1 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in. (4.4 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm) .4: 2 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 9/16 in. (7 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm)
- Accession Number
- L70.1.1-.4
- Credit Line
- Lent by Richard Bomer
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
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