Conversation
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Object Label
These two men wear costumes and carry clubs that identify them as guards or policemen. They are probably engaged in a spirited discussion, or perhaps an argument. Note how the artist represented them gesturing with their hands, as if each were trying to emphasize his point.
Caption
Conversation, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (21 x 29.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund , 61.195.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
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Gallery
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Title
Conversation
Date
ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Geography
Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt, Reportedly from: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (21 x 29.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
61.195.2
Frequent Art Questions
Can you tell me about the materials and time frame of these objects?
These reliefs are carved into limestone and has been painted. This type of carving is called “sunk relief” because the background area is not carved away around the images and they appear sunken into the stone’s surface. Everything in this gallery comes from the reign of King Akhenaten (also known as the Amarna Period after where he built his capital) during the later part of the 18th Dynasty early in the New Kingdom, around 1352 to 1336 BCE.
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