New Year Gifts: Items of Warfare

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
A.D. 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 B.C.
Not on view
The new year was a time of renewal, and many New Year gifts depicted in New Kingdom tombs feature new gear for the king, such as items of warfare. The objects here, copied from the tomb of Qenamun, include a bow, whip, dagger (top), shirt of chain mail (bottom left), and two quivers (bottom right).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: New Year Gifts: Items of Warfare
  • Artist: Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941)
  • Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Amenhotep II
  • Date: A.D. 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 B.C.
  • Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Qenamun (TT 93), MMA Graphic Section, 1913
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: facsimile: h. 52 cm (20 1/2 in); w. 41.5 cm (16 5/16 in), scale 1:1; framed: h. 48.3 cm (19 in); w. 41 cm (16 1/8 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.4.75a–c
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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Norman de Garis Davies - New Year Gifts: Items of Warfare - Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom - The Metropolitan Museum of Art