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Reference code
Hoskins MSS 3.43
Title
George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Tomb TT 50
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Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1802-1863)
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Scope and content
A tomb relief scene from the hallway of the early 18th Dynasty tomb of Neferhotep (TT50) at the west bank of Thebes. This scene comes from register I, and shows a young son making an offering to his seated parents and relatives, each of whom have a funerary cone on their head and are embracing one another:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, top left corner] 'Plate 2'. (pencil note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Tomb of Amulek Thebes'. (ink note)
- 35.7 by 22.0 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Slight fold towards left side
- Discoloured around edges particularly at corners
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Publication note
- 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).
Notes area
Note
- TopBib i.95(3).