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Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III

New Kingdom
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 119
The important buildings in the palace complex of Amenhotep III at Malqata were embellished with floor, wall, and ceiling paintings. This partially restored section of a ceiling painting was discovered lying face up in a room adjacent to the king's bedchamber. The motif consists of a repeating pattern of rosette-filled running spirals alternating with bucrania (ox skulls). Similar ceiling patterns, both painted and modeled in plaster, have been excavated at Aegean sites of a slightly earlier period.

Other objects excavated at Malqata are displayed in gallery 120.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
  • Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Malqata, Palace of Amenhotep III, Antechamber to King's bedroom, MMA excavations, 1910–11
  • Medium: Dried Mud, mud plaster, paint, gesso
  • Dimensions: h. 140 cm (55 1/8 in); w. 140 cm (55 1/8 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
  • Object Number: 11.215.451
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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