Men from a Scene of Music and Games
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Scenes of daily life, many of which may actually have had religious significance, were a basic element of private-tomb decoration until the first part of Dynasty XVIII. Their renewed popularity in tombs of Dynasties XXV and XXVI reflects that era's penchant for the past. It is uncertain whether the unusual frontal depiction of the scribe shown here is an archaism or an innovation of the relief's own time.
Caption
Egyptian. Men from a Scene of Music and Games, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 4 1/8 x 8 15/16 x 1 in. (10.4 x 22.7 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 83.160. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Culture
Title
Men from a Scene of Music and Games
Date
ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
Period
Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period
Geography
Possible place collected: Thebes (El-Assasif), Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
4 1/8 x 8 15/16 x 1 in. (10.4 x 22.7 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
83.160
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