Fragment of a wall painting.

Fragment of a wall painting.

Fragment of the funeral scenes painted on the walls of a Theban tomb. Two priests, recognizable from their shaven heads, support two mummies.Papyrus plants with flowers are arranged in front of the bodies, and a female mourner is squatting on the left.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 2472

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site THEBES: WEST BANK

Category WALL PAINTING

Material LIMESTONE; PLASTER

Technique PAINTED ON STUCCO

Height 45.5 cm

Width 52 cm

Translation

The honoured one with Osiris, the purifying priest Merimat.

The purifying priest, scribe of the temple, Panofer; the purifying priest of the goddess Maat, Pawahu.

Bibliography•E. Schiaparelli, Museo Archeologico di Firenze-Antichità Egizie, Roma, 1887, pg. 318, n. 1593.

•AA.VV., L'argilla e il tornio. La produzione fittile dell'Egitto antico in Toscana, Pisa, 1992, pg. 13, n. 3.

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