COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1920.262
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AIC_.1920.262
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Sculpture
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Sculpture
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
African; North African; Egyptian
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African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Egyptian
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Egyptian
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and His Wife Hemet
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Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Amenemhet and His Wife Hemet
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
full view
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full view
View
false
Creation Date:
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, c. 1991-1784 B.C.
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Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, c. 1991-1784 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-1991
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-1991
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-1784
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-1784
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Limestone, pigment
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Limestone, pigment
Materials and Techniques
false
Subject Description:
This relief fragment from a tomb chapel portrays the official Amenemhet and his wife Hemet standing before funerary offerings. He wears a pleated white kilt with an inverted pleat that is depicted as a triangular projection.The low table before him is heaped with reed-shaped loaves of bread, a haunch of beef, and vegetables. To the right of the table stands a nested basin and ewer, and three tall vessels for liquid offerings. According to the conventions of Egyptian art, the vegetables and calf's head shown above the jars are considered to be behind them. The small figure to the upper right, also named Amenemhet, presents a haunch of beef to the deceased. Amenenmhet's wife Hemet stands behind her husband, her hand afftectionately on his shoulder. She holds a flower to her nose, an allusion to rebirth in the afterlife. In typical Old Kingdom style, the skin of Hemet is colored yellow, while the skin of her husband is a ruddy red. The well preserved pigment is a good reminder that most Egyptian monumentswere originally brightly colored. This relief from Amenemhet's tomb chapel served to immortalize him and his family for eternity through the preservation of their images, names, and food offerings. This scene originally was located above the tomb's 'false door,' a representation of a portal that allowed the spirit of the deceased access from the subterranean burial chamber into the decorated tomb chapel.
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This relief fragment from a tomb chapel portrays the official Amenemhet and his wife Hemet standing before funerary offerings. He wears a pleated white kilt with an inverted pleat that is depicted as a triangular projection.The low table before him is heaped with reed-shaped loaves of bread, a haunch of beef, and vegetables. To the right of the table stands a nested basin and ewer, and three tall vessels for liquid offerings. According to the conventions of Egyptian art, the vegetables and calf's head shown above the jars are considered to be behind them. The small figure to the upper right, also named Amenemhet, presents a haunch of beef to the deceased. Amenenmhet's wife Hemet stands behind her husband, her hand afftectionately on his shoulder. She holds a flower to her nose, an allusion to rebirth in the afterlife. In typical Old Kingdom style, the skin of Hemet is colored yellow, while the skin of her husband is a ruddy red. The well preserved pigment is a good reminder that most Egyptian monumentswere originally brightly colored. This relief from Amenemhet's tomb chapel served to immortalize him and his family for eternity through the preservation of their images, names, and food offerings. This scene originally was located above the tomb's 'false door,' a representation of a portal that allowed the spirit of the deceased access from the subterranean burial chamber into the decorated tomb chapel.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
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Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H.: 30.6 cm (12 in.); W.: 41.7 cm (16 3/8 in.); Depth: 6.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
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H.: 30.6 cm (12 in.); W.: 41.7 cm (16 3/8 in.); Depth: 6.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1920.262
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1920.262
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
The hieroglyphic text names the deceased and family and calls upon the god Osiris to grant them sustenance in the afterlife.rectangular stela without cornice, gayly colored. Signs in offering prayer prayer along upper and down its right edge incised and filled with blue...Figure of 'the priest Amenemhet...and his wife, ...Himet..' standing before a 'table of offerings'
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The hieroglyphic text names the deceased and family and calls upon the god Osiris to grant them sustenance in the afterlife.rectangular stela without cornice, gayly colored. Signs in offering prayer prayer along upper and down its right edge incised and filled with blue...Figure of 'the priest Amenemhet...and his wife, ...Himet..' standing before a 'table of offerings'
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E25095.TIF
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AIC_.E25095.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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