#Tomb of Menkheperraseneb

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Foreigners, Tomb of Menkheperraseneb - Met Museum Collection

Note: This is a modern copy of an original Inventory Number: 30.4.55 Original Dating: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1425 B.C. Location Information: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes

Description:

This facsimile copies a detail from a scene of foreigners in the tomb of Menkheperresonb (TT 86) in the necropolis of western Thebes. The painting depicts two foreigners in a precession: the first is a Syrian; the second is from Crete. Each is identified by his attire and hairstyle. The facsimile was painted at the tomb in 1925 by Nina de Garis Davies, a member of the Graphic Section of the Museum's Egyptian Expedition.