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Banquet Scene with Musicians, Tomb of Nakht

Tempera on paper, Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18

Rights: Public Domain

Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Rogers Fund 1915

Norman de Garis Davies (Artist) Lancelot Crane (Artist) Hugh R. Hopgood (Artist)

Egypt, Upper Egypt Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Nakht (TT 52), chapel west wall south side [PM (3)], MMA Graphic Section 1908–1914

Title: Banquet Scene with Musicians, Tomb of Nakht

Description:

Tempera on paper, Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Dynasty 18.

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