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This facsimile painting copies a detail depicting gifts brought by the Cretans whom the Egyptians called the Keftiu. The original scene, in the tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100) at Thebes, shows the tomb owner overseeing the presentation of gifts from abroad.
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Title: Gifts from the Keftiu, Tomb of Rekhmire
Artist:
Nina de Garis Davies (1881–1965)
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III–early Amenhotep II
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Rekhmire (TT 100)
Medium: Tempera on Paper
Dimensions:
facsimile: h. 45 cm (17 11/16 in); w. 65 cm (25 9/16 in)
scale 1:1
framed: h.
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession Number: 30.4.85
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