Item Hoskins MSS 1.76 - George A. Hoskins Drawing - Luxor Temple

1 drawing

Relief scene from the Birth Room within the temple of Luxor at Thebes, part of a larger sequence relating to the birth cycle of the king and consists of three rows. At the top, queen Mutemwia gives birth upon a lion-couch before several deities including the souls of Pe and Nekhen, Bes, and Tawaret (third row):

• pencil drawing
• mounted
• [on recto, top left corner] 'Nº 3'. (pencil note)
• [on mount] 'Temple of Luxor - Thebes'. (ink note)
• 21.0 by 22.0 cm

Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.

• Creased at corners

• Published online on the Griffith Institute website: 'The watercolours and drawings by George Alexander Hoskins in the Archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4hoskins_opening_page.html).

• TopBib ii2.326 (152), register II.