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This facsimile painting copies a detail from a scene of foreignors bringing offerings in the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) in western Thebes. This section of the scene depicts Syrians bringing a metal ingot and a chariot (31.6.34), horses (31.3.41), exotic animals (31.6.43), vessels and weapons (30.4.83).
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Title: Syrians Bringing an Elephant and a Bear, Tomb of Rekhmire
Artist:
Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965)
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1504–1425 B.C.
Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100)
Medium: Paper, tempera paint, ink
Dimensions: H. 45 cm (17 11/16 in.); W. 51 cm (20 1/16 in.), Framed: H. 48.5 cm (19 1/8 in.); W. 54.1 cm (21 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number: 31.6.43
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