Mourners Before a Tomb Door
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
This relief fragment shows two men, on the right, who make the gestures of mourners. The small cuts in the stone surface above and in front of the figures represent the dust that mourning Egyptians poured on their heads as a sign of bereavement. To the left can be seen the traces of a man in official dress who appears to be hurrying from the opened door of the tomb. Unlike many of the objects in this gallery, the scene suggests distress in the presence of death.
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
late Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS
9 9/16 x 14 3/16 x 7/8 in. (24.3 x 36 x 2.3 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
69.114
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CAPTION
Mourners Before a Tomb Door, ca. 1352–1332 B.C.E. Limestone, 9 9/16 x 14 3/16 x 7/8 in. (24.3 x 36 x 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 69.114. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.69.114_wwgA-2.jpg)
IMAGE
installation, West Wing gallery A-2 installation,
CUR.69.114_wwgA-2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
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