Egyptian Art [039]

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Title Egyptian Art [039]
Photo Number Box 10, Egypt, Sculp, Relief, 15
Description Photograph (detail) of sarcophagus of Kawit, from tomb at Deir el-Bahri, Eleventh Dynasty, collection of Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1983
Subject Egypt--History--Middle Kingdom,--ca. 2180- ca. 1551 B.C.--Photographs; Queens--Egypt--Photographs; Cemeteries--Egypt--Photographs; Tombs--Egypt--Photographs; Coffins--Egypt--Photographs; Sarcophagi--Egypt--Photographs; Sarcophagi--Decoration--Egypt--Photographs; Art, Egyptian--Egypt--Photographs; Relief (Art)--Egypt--Photographs; Human figure in art--Egypt--Photographs; Queens in art--Egypt--Photographs; Hieroglyphics--Egypt--Photographs; Inscriptions, Egyptian--Egypt--Photographs; Egyptian language--Writing, Hieroglyphic--Egypt--Photographs; Deir el-Bahri Site (Egypt)--Photographs; Matḥaf al-Miṣrī--Egypt--Photographs; Egypt; Cemeteries; Tombs; Sarcophagi; Art; Matḥaf al-Miṣrī
Keywords Dair al-Baḥrī; Dayr al-Baḥrī; Deir el-Bahari; Kawit; Egyptian hieroglyphics; Egyptian Museum of Antiquities; Museum of Cairo; Displays
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Cairo (Egypt)
Caption on Slide Detail, sarcophagus of Kawit, from tomb at Deir el-Bahri, Eleventh Dynasty, collection of Egyptian Museum of Antiquities, Cairo, Egypt.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Similar image with additional information can also be found on Credo Reference Database: http://www.credoreference.com.ezproxy.lib.utah.edu/entry/routwwae/kawit_c_2055_2004_bc Note: Kawit (c. 2055 - 2004 BC), queen, Eleventh Dynasty, Kawit was one of the queens of King Nebhepetre Montuhotep. She was buried, with some of his other consorts, near his tomb at Deir el-Bahri. In common with the others, she was given a finely decorated sarcophagus, on which she is depicted having her hair dressed by her serving women.--Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge, Credo Reference Database.
Type Image
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Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6qr5dh6
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 335397
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr5dh6