Leaders of the Aamu of Shu
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Medium
Tempera on paper
Dimensions
Facsimile: H.63.5 × W. 81.5 cm (25 in. × 32 1/16 in.); Scale. 1:1; Framed: H. 66.5 × W. 84.3 cm (26 3/16 × 33 3/16 in.)
Classification
Facsimile, Khnumhotep (Beni Hasan 3), nomads
Period
Middle Kingdom
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1933
Accession Number
33.8.17
Tags
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...