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A 3 page research paper that takes the form of a catalogue entry for an ancient Egyptian artwork on display at a museum. The writer describes two ancient Egyptian tomb reliefs. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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date from the Late Period of Egyptian history and the reign of Psamtik I, circa 664-610 BC.1 Consisting of red paint on limestone, the left section is 30 5x16 x
29 inches; the middle section is 60 5/8 x 184 1/4 inches; and the right section is 46 1/16 x 49 5/8 inches.2 The reliefs were donated by the Charles
Edwin Wilbur Fund. The majority of the images from this relief decoration have not survived the centuries, as some were pulled from the wall and burned in order to make
lime, and others fell down. The image shown is a boat scene that depicts a grip to the "temple of the god of the dead, Osiris, at Abydos."3 Nearby to
this image is one of both male and female groups of mourners who are grieving for Nespeqashuty.4 Below these scenes is a surviving image that shows a "row of offering
bearers eternally bringing food and other necessities" that the deceased was expected to require in the afterlife.5 Nespeqashuty was a vizier in Upper Egypt during the early part of
the Twenty-sixth Dynasty and was one of the two highest-ranking officials in Egypt during this lifetime.6 Construction on a extensive tomb was begun while the vizier was still alive, but
Nespeqashuty died prior to its completion. At this time, some of the reliefs were finished, but many consisted of just an outline carved into the limestone and others had only
been outlined using red paint.7 The incomplete nature of many of these relief images contrasts sharply with a relief image from the Tomb of Menteumhat, which is on display at
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.8 This relief comes from another Theban tomb, Tomb 34, but is from a slightly earlier period, circa 690-660 BC, the Twenty-fifth Dynasty,
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