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Lively Conversation in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010

Lively Conversation in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010
Relief of Men Talking

These two men wear costumes and carry clubs that identify them as guards or policemen. They are probably engaged in a spirited discussion, or perhaps an argument. Note how the artist represented them gesturing with their hands, as if each were trying to emphasize his point.

Medium: Limestone, painted

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Reportedly from: Amarna, Egypt

Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt

Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.

Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period

Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. (21 x 29.5 cm)

Collections: Egyptian, Classical,
Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Accession Number: 61.195.2

Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3713/Relief...

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