Egyptian Art [044]

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Title Egyptian Art [044]
Photo Number Box 10, Egypt, Pntg, Mural, 1
Description Photo showing Tomb 100 painting depicting men, boats, and animals (hunting scenes), circa 3400-3200 B.C., Hierakonpolis
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1985
Subject Art, Egyptian--Photographs; Painting--Egypt--Photographs; Mural painting and decoration, Egyptian--Photographs; Hunters in art--Photographs; Hunting in art--Photographs; Hierakonpolis (Extinct city)--Photographs; Egypt; Art; Hunting
Keywords Hierakonpolis; Nekhen; Predynastic period
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 Tomb painting at Hierakonpolis.
Additional Information Image was scanned from slide. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Additional information can be found at Hierakonpolis Online: http://www.hierakonpolis-online.org/index.php/about-the-site Note: Hierakonpolis, (Greek), Egyptian Nekhen, modern Kawm Al-Aḥmar, prehistoric royal residence of the kings of Upper Egypt and the most important site of the beginning of Egypt's historical period. Evidence indicates a royal presence at Hierakonpolis, then called Nekhen, which enjoyed its period of greatest importance from about 3400 bce to the beginning of the Old Kingdom (about 2575).--Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6223b5b
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 335410
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6223b5b
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