Antiquity · Cleveland Museum of Art · 1914.670
Fragment of a Tomb Relief
Unknown maker, 1401–1391 BCE
Cleveland Museum of Art · Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust · Public domain
- Artist
- Unknown maker
- Date
- 1401–1391 BCE
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 40 x 37.5 cm (15 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
- Era
- Antiquity
Why it matters
In later ages tombs must have served as dwelling places for peasants, since the walls became completely blackened with soot. This fragment is from the most common type of Egyptian tomb scene: the deceased and his wife seated at the funeral banquet of at an offering table.