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About the Artwork
Reproduction of a vignette from the Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Nebqed, scribe of Ma'at in the house of Ma'at during the reign of king Amenhotep III around 1400 BC.
Nebqed can be seen wearing standing before a pile of funerary offerings, including bundles of lotus flowers, baskets of fruits and grain, bread, fowl and cuts of meat. He wears a wig with triangular stepped sides, a white linen robe, and a scribal palette tucked into his belt.
Art Ref
DP032
Object Record
Object Type
Papyrus
Materials
Date
Period
Dynasty 18
Findspot
Theban Tomb TT319, Thebes, Theban Necropolis
Dimensions
Current Location
Musée du Louvre
Object Number
People Depicted
Nebqed
Deities Depicted
Animals Depicted
Cow
Themes
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