Attendants of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.98.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.98.2_negA_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Attendants of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.98.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.98.2_negB_bw_IMLS.jpg)
Attendants of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.98.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.98.2_erg456.jpg)
Attendants of Hatshepsut
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
The zigzag pattern on the band at the top of this fragment represents water. The original scene showed a religious procession of boats carrying statues of gods and kings. The two men depicted in this fragment were part of a long line of priests and royal attendants who accompanied the flotilla on the bank of the river or canal, each carrying a long staff and a small bouquet. The regular celebration of processions such as the one depicted here reinforced the Egyptians’ idea of cyclical time and the eternal repetition of events.
MEDIUM
Limestone, pigment
DATES
ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 18
PERIOD
New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
74.98.2
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A limestone slab with representations carved in low relief. Two goats with ankh signs around their necks are in the top register. In the center are two men with arms to chests and holding floral bouquets. Below are two arms holding staves. At upper edge is a river. Before the men is a column of inscription.
Condition: Traces of red paint. Broken across lower third at left corner and across center and restored. Some nicks on surface.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
CAPTION
Attendants of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 11 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 1 9/16 in. (30 x 15 x 4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.98.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 74.98.2_negA_bw_IMLS.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 74.98.2_negA_bw_IMLS.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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