Fragment of a relief with a group of wailing women

Fragment of a relief with a group of wailing women

The fragment was roughly cut out, resulting in an approximately lozenge shape. A woman in the centre of the object is holding her hands in front of her face; she wears a long wig, covered by a kind of cap or kerchief. Six other women, three on each side, are depicted with their arms upwards. They also wear long wigs. At the bottom part, the hands and a part of the head of another woman are visible. She may have been squatting or kneeling.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 8105

Dating NEW KINGDOM

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF

Height 14.5 cm

Width 11.5 cm

Depth 3 cm

Bibliography•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 7-8

•W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 33 (nr. 5)

•R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Egypte, geschenk van de Nijl, 1992, 88/fig. 56

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