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Hoskins MSS 3.40
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George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Valley of the Kings. Tomb KV 17
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1 watercolour
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(1802-1863)
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Section from side room N of the tomb of Sety I (KV17, Valley of the Kings) on the west bank of Thebes. The background includes a large relief scene from one of the walls, and shows a row of various deities and figures from the Book of Imi-Duat and a row of furniture. Slightly off-centre and in front of this wall is a pillar designated as pillar B, with a large representation of the god Osiris between the emblems of Anubis:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Section of one of the rooms in the sepulchre of King Osirei'. (ink note)
- 53.5 by 28.5 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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- Small tear to top left corner
- Discoloured around edges
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- 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).
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- TopBib i2.544(46) and 545.
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