Medium: Limestone, remains of pigment and stucco
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1319–1204 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 11 7/16 x 16 1/4 x 2 13/16 in. (29 x 41.2 x 7.2 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 37.31E
Image: 37.31E_PS9.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Description: This small relief of a limestone panel of women mourning is carved in relief, meaning that the figures project forward, off the flat background. The carving style is characteristic of the New Kingdom in which women are depicted performing a variety of mourning gestures with wailing expressions. The womens’ eyes bulge and their mouths are downturned in a frowning, mourning expression. Some women are depicted throwing dust over their heads and others fall to the ground in sorrow. Nine women are depicted mourning and throwing dirt over their heads in the background. Two women fall to the ground in mourning with a hand over their head in the foreground. Condition: The only conservation report on the small limestone relief is from 2002 which states that the object is in good and stable condition. There are remnants of red pigment in the recessed areas and the surface is weather and abraded.