Bowl with a Nubian Hunter
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
This bowl is one of a pair deposited in front of a tomb that predates them. It shows a Nubian, while the companion bowl depicts an Egyptian. Both hunt desert animals while accompanied by dogs and hold bow and arrows in outstretched arms. A fish and a bird may evoke the marsh scenes in elite tombs. Egypt did not dominate Nubia in the early Eleventh Dynasty, so the bowls likely represent the peaceful coexistence of a mixed population at Egypt’s southern frontier.
This bowl is one of a pair deposited in front of a tomb that predates them. It shows a Nubian, while the companion bowl depicts an Egyptian. Both hunt desert animals while accompanied by dogs and hold bow and arrows in outstretched arms. A fish and a bird may evoke the marsh scenes in elite tombs. Egypt did not dominate Nubia in the early Eleventh Dynasty, so the bowls likely represent the peaceful coexistence of a mixed population at Egypt’s southern frontier.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bowl with a Nubian Hunter
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 11
- Date: ca. 2124-1981 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Qubbet el-Hawa, Aswan
- Medium: Pottery
- Dimensions: H. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.); Diam. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Ägyptisches Museum Bonn
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art