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Banquet Scene with Musicians, Tomb of Nakht

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
1908–1914; original ca. 1410–1370 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 135

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Banquet Scene with Musicians, Tomb of Nakht
  • Artist: Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941)
  • Artist: Lancelot Crane (British, 1880–1918)
  • Artist: Hugh R. Hopgood , baselines j–k
  • Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: later reign of Amenhotep II–mid-reign of Amenhotep III
  • Date: 1908–1914; original ca. 1410–1370 B.C.
  • Geography: Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Nakht (TT 52), chapel, west wall, south side [PM (3)], MMA Graphic Section, 1908–1914
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: Framed 15.5.19d: H. 157.5 cm (62 in.); w. 198.1 cm (78 in.); th. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.)
    Scale 1:1
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
  • Object Number: 15.5.19d, j–k
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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