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Lloyd MSS 085
Title
Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, tomb of Amenhotep-si-se (TT 75), harp with uppermost terminal decorated with the head of a king
Date(s)
- 1 September 1843 (Creation)
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1 drawing
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(1815-1843)
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Thebes, a harp with the uppermost terminal decorated with the head of Tuthmosis IV, detail from a scene of presentation of royal gifts to the Temple of Amun, in the tomb of Amenhotep-si-se (TT 75), temp. Thutmosis IV, at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna in Thebes:
- pencil drawing
- mounted
- 24.9 x 35 cm
- [on recto of drawing] 'Harp. / Tomb, near 17. / 1st Sept 1843.' (pencil note)
- [on mount] '29' (pencil note)
- [on verso of drawing] 'This is one of the most exquisite things / I have seen in the tombs. It is not finished / for the tomb has never been completed. / The headdress is blue, the band and pendants / and serpent yellow or gold, the staff of the / Harp gold, and the base, silver or white.' (pencil note)
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
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- TopBib i2.147(3).