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Reference code
Hoskins MSS 3.51
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George A. Hoskins Watercolour - Thebes. West Bank. Medinet Habu
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1 watercolour
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(1802-1863)
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Scope and content
Relief scene (register 1, scene 2-3) from the second court area of the temple at Medinet Habu. The scene shows two rows of priests with statuettes of kings, and at the far end of the scene men releasing birds before the larger image of king Ramesses III during the Min festival:
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, top left corner] 'No. 5'. (ink note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'Grand procession Medenet Abou Thebes No 3'. (ink note)
- 48.0 by 29.7 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford.
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- Creases to all corners
- Discoloured around edges
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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).
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Note
- TopBib ii2.499-500(96)-(98).