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Ceiling on the North Side of Nakht's Offering Chapel

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
1914–1915; original ca. 1410–1370 BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Ceiling on the North Side of Nakht's Offering Chapel
  • Artist: Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941)
  • Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: later reign of Amenhotep II–mid-reign of Amenhotep III
  • Date: 1914–1915; original ca. 1410–1370 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Nakht, TT 52, chapel, ceiling, MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1915
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: L. 80 cm (31 1/2 in.); w. 62 cm (24 7/16 in.); scale 1:1
    not framed
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1915
  • Object Number: 15.5.19n
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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