Offerings Made to the Deceased and his Wife, Tomb of Djehutyemheb
1908; original ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
H.74 × L.171 cm (29 1/8 × 67 5/16 in.) framed: H. 76.5 × L.173.6 cm (30 1/8 × 68 3/8 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Djehutyemhab (TT 45), offering scenes
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number
15.5.15
Rights
Public Domain
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About the Artist
Norman de Garis Davies · 1865–1941
Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) was a British Egyptologist and archaeological artist whose meticulous copies of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings constitute one of the most important records of pharaonic art ever made. Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he originally trained for the ministry before being drawn into Egyptology through his involvement with the Egypt Exploration Fund in the 1890...