Scribe and Official
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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. Scribe and Official, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment (Egyptian blue, indigo), 7 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 in., 5.5 lb. (18.4 × 3.8 × 26.7 cm, 2.49kg) mount (m2 (on board)): 9 3/4 × 13 × 2 3/4 in. (24.8 × 33 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 49.18.
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Culture
Title
Scribe and Official
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 (Egyptian blue, indigo)
Classification
Dimensions
7 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 10 1/2 in., 5.5 lb. (18.4 × 3.8 × 26.7 cm, 2.49kg) mount (m2 (on board)): 9 3/4 × 13 × 2 3/4 in. (24.8 × 33 × 7 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
49.18
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