Decorated Doorway to North Chapel, Tomb of Puyemre

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom

Norman de Garis Davies

1917; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE

Not on view

This painting is an artist's restoration of the decoration around a door inside the tomb of Puyemre (TT 39) at Thebes.

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Title: Decorated Doorway to North Chapel, Tomb of Puyemre
Artist: Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941)
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: original Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: 1917; original ca. 1473–1458 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
Medium: Tempera on Paper
Dimensions: facsimile: h. 61 cm (24 in); w. 34.5 cm (13 9/16 in); scale 1:10; framed: h. 64.5 cm (25 3/8 in); w. 38.1 cm (15 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Object Number: 30.4.15
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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