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Funeral Ritual in a Garden, Tomb of Nakhtmin

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
1921; original ca. 1479–1425 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 135
This facsimile painting copies a section of wall painting in the tomb of Nakhtmin (TT 87) in western Thebes. The scene depicts a garden surrounding a building with a large pool in front of it. In the lowest register, two men stand in front of small offering tables. Each man pours a libation with one hand and holds a brazier with buring incense in the other.

The facsimile was painted at the tomb in 1921 by Charles K. Wilkinson, a member of the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Funeral Ritual in a Garden, Tomb of Nakhtmin
  • Artist: Charles K. Wilkinson
  • Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18
  • Reign: reign of Thutmose III
  • Date: 1921; original ca. 1479–1425 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes
  • Medium: Tempera on paper
  • Dimensions: facsimile: h. 71.4 cm (28 1/8 in); w. 122 cm (48 1/16 in)
    scale 1:1
    framed: h. 73.3 cm (28 7/8 in); w. 128.6 cm (50 5/8 in)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.4.56
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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