Saturday, October 12, 2013

painting from the Tomb of Nebamun and his brother Ipuki

 
the Tomb of Nebamun

Detail of a painting from the Tomb of Nebamun and his brother Ipuki, in the Tombs of the Nobles at Thebes. Nebamun was the 'Head Sculptor of the King of the Two Lands', during the reign of king Amenhotep I, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom. This s...cene from his tomb shows him seated with his wife Henutnefert. Nebamun is wearing only a kilt and a collar and he holds with his left hand a bouquet of lotus flowers. His beautiful wife is embracing him and tenderly touching his shoulder. She is wearing a long wig decorated with lotus buds, a fine white garment and a bead-collar.


 
 
Another scene from Tomb of Nebamun and Ipuki represented a Mourning Woman, 18th dynasty, New Kingdom.
 

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