Conversation

Medium: Limestone, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Hermopolis, Egypt
• Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

Dates:ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (21 x 29.5 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Exhibitions:

• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
• Ancient Egyptian Art

Accession Number: 61.195.2

Image: 61.195.2_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Fragment of limestone relief. In sunk relief, two policemen (or soldier?) in conversation, facing. Plain wigs, long skirts with flaring, pleated triangular fronts. Right hand of each extended with police stick clasped in left hand. Dividing line at right end with faint traces of still another scene at extreme right. Poor work. Condition: Incomplete. Scattered chips. Red paint on all worked surfaces, apparently water paint and new.

Brooklyn Museum