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Middle Kingdom
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This facsimile painting copies a scene depicting women making bread and men slaughtering cattle. From the tomb of Djari (TT 366) in western Thebes.
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Title: Women Preparing Food, Tomb of Djari
Artist:
Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965)
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Montuhotep II
Date: ca. 2060–2010 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb of Djar (TT 366, MMA 820), MMA graphics expedition 1930
Medium: Paper, tempera paint, ink
Dimensions:
facsimile: h. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 170 cm (66 15/16 in)
scale 1:1
framed: h. 48.3 cm (19 in); w. 174 cm (68 1/2 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Object Number: 31.6.1
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