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Horeau MSS 10.2
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Hector Horeau Watercolour - Luxor
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1 watercolour
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(1801-1872)
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Relief scene from the Birth Room at Luxor temple, with images of the god Thoth and a queen (birth scenes scenes in II, 1-3 at (152)):
- watercolour
- mounted
- [on recto, lower left side] 'Thoth savoir, Chnouphis puissance force, Venus athor'. (ink note)
- [on recto, bottom edge] 'La Reine TMAU-HEM-VA femme du Pharaon THOUTMES IV mettant au monde AMENOPH III (Memnon)'. (ink note)
- [on mount, bottom edge] 'LUXOR Auprès du Sanctuaire de Luxor'. (ink note)
- 30.9 by 11.5 cm
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Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.
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- Published in Horeau, H. 1841. Panorama d'Égypte et de Nubie: voyage fait en 1838. Reduction du grand ouvrage in 2° par Arosa & Co. Cairo (OEB 141685), fig. on p. 18 [lower].
- Published online in 2010 on the Griffith Institute website: 'Watercolours of Egypt made by Hector Horeau in 1838, now in the Archive of the Griffith Institute' (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/gri/4horeau_intro.html).
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- TopBib ii2.326(152).