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Source Description
The woman in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall has a wig of long, full hair, held in place by a flowered headband and topped with an ointment cone, a perfumed substance placed on wigs that gave off a fragrant aroma as it melted. A lotus blossom adorns the front of the headband. She holds a rattle called a sistrum, which women often played during temple ceremonies. What remains of the inscription suggests that she may have served with the temple staff of the god Amen.
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Document identity
localId
18116
label
Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18116
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum
description
The woman in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall has a wig of long, full hair, held in place by a flowered headband and topped with an ointment cone, a perfumed substance placed on wigs that gave off a fragrant aroma as it melted. A lotus blossom adorns the front of the headband. She holds a rattle called a sistrum, which women often played during temple ceremonies. What remains of the inscription suggests that she may have served with the temple staff of the god Amen.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1250-1200 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
wall paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
24
height
17
depth
4.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 7/16 x W: 6 11/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (24 x 17 x 4.2 cm)
style
Ramesside
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Inscription] In black paint on yellow: remains of 4 vertical lines of inscription; [Translation] ...(his) sister...the lady...of Amun
dynasty
19th Dynasty
reign
Ramesses II-Merenptah
med
neutral gray, red, black, white, blue and yellow paint on plaster over mud
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
859
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
76d99736920137ec