Funerary Equipment, Tomb of Userhat
1911; original ca. 1294–1279 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile H. 64 cm (25 3/16 in); w. 75 cm (29 1/2 in) scale 1:1 Framed H. 64.1 cm (25 1/4 in); w. 76.2 cm (30 in)
Classification
Facsimile, Userhat (TT 51), funerary equipment
Period
Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom, Ramesside
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession Number
15.5.17b
Tags
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Egyptian Art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art where we encounter a vivid bridge between ancient Egypt and the modern world: *Funerary Equipment, Tomb ofhat*. This striking facsimile, created in 1911 by the renowned Egyptologist Norman de Garis, meticulously reproduces scenes from the New Kingdom tomb of Userhat, dating to around 1294–1279 B.C. during Dynasty 19, the Ramesside period. At a precise 1:1 scale (64 x 75 cm), rendered in tempera on paper, it captures the opulent funerary preparations of an elite official's afterlife journey. Davies, a pioneering copyist of...
About the Artist
Norman de Garis Davies · 1865–1941
Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) was a British Egyptologist and archaeological artist whose meticulous copies of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings constitute one of the most important records of pharaonic art ever made. Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, he originally trained for the ministry before being drawn into Egyptology through his involvement with the Egypt Exploration Fund in the 1890...