1955.7: Female Figure Carrying a Basket of Figs from the Tomb of Mentu-em-het
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1955.7
- Title
- Female Figure Carrying a Basket of Figs from the Tomb of Mentu-em-het
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- c. 670 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Late Period, Dynasty 26
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/291309
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Limestone, remains of pigment
- Technique
- Relief metal cut
- Dimensions
-
H. 19 x W. 16.4 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Overall with frame: H. 25 x W. 22 x D. 4.5 cm (9 13/16 x 8 11/16 x 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Paul Mallon, New York and Paris, by 1955Removed Curatorial Remark as the information was already entered under Alternate Numbers., sold; to Private Collection, Minnesota, 1955, gift; to The Fogg Art Museum.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 1955
- Object Number
- 1955.7
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Commentary
- From the Tomb of Mentu-em-het, prince of Thebes and governor of Upper Egypt, late 25th dynasty.
Publication History
- Peter Der Manuelian, An Essay on Reconstruction: Two Registers from the Tomb of Mentuemhat at Thebes, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo (1983), 39, 131-150
Exhibition History
- Gods in Color: Painted Sculpture of Classical Antiquity, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/22/2007 - 01/20/2008
Verification Level
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