Egyptian Art [057]

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Title Egyptian Art [057]
Photo Number Box 10, Egypt, Pntg, Mural, 9
Description Photograph (detail) of a wall painting, tomb of Menna, Eighteenth Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990
Subject Egypt--History--New Kingdom,--ca. 1550- ca. 1070 B.C.--Photographs; Cemeteries--Egypt--Photographs; Tombs--Egypt--Photographs; Scribes--Egypt--Photographs; Menna--Egypt--Photographs; Art, Egyptian--Egypt--Photographs; Mural painting and decoration--Egypt--Photographs; Marshes in art--Egypt--Photographs; Hunting in art--Egypt--Photographs; Birds in art--Egypt--Photographs; Cats in art--Egypt--Photographs; Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)--Photographs; Egypt; Cemeteries; Tombs; Art; Mural painting and decoration
Keywords Sheikh Abd el-Qurna; Theban Necropolis
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 Egypt
Caption on Slide Wall painting depicting a hunting scene in marshland, tomb of Menna, Eighteenth Dynasty, Egypt.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Menna (c. 1400 - 1390 BC), royal scribe, Eighteenth Dynasty, New Kingdom. Menna was the Scribe of the Royal Fields and as such was responsible for the accounting and control of the king's herds and plantations. His tomb at Thebes (TT 69) is celebrated for its scenes of harvest, of girls fighting, and of hunting in the marshes, a pastime evidently much enjoyed by Menna and his family.--Who's Who in Ancient Egypt, Routledge , Credo Reference Database. Note: The Theban Tomb TT69 is located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis ... --Wikipedia.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6j10kkg
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 335414
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j10kkg
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