Nebamun hunting in the marshes

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Nebamun hunting in the marshes is a famous fragment of an ancient Egyptian tomb painting depicting the scribe Nebamun fowling and fishing in a lush marshland, celebrated for its vivid color, lively detail, and insight into elite life in the New Kingdom.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Kingdom Egyptian art ⓘ
ancient Egyptian tomb painting fragment ⓘ
artwork ⓘ
wall painting ⓘ
collection British Museum, London ⓘ
linked to: British Museum
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
creator unknown ancient Egyptian artist ⓘ
culture ancient Egyptian ⓘ
currentLocation British Museum ⓘ
date circa 1350 BCE ⓘ
depicts Nebamun ⓘ
Nebamun’s daughter ⓘ
Nebamun’s wife ⓘ
New Kingdom elite life ⓘ
birds ⓘ
cat catching birds ⓘ
elite leisure activities ⓘ
fish ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
fowling ⓘ
marshland scene ⓘ
papyrus marshes ⓘ
dynasty Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
function decoration of Nebamun’s tomb-chapel ⓘ
expression of status and prosperity in the afterlife ⓘ
genre funerary art ⓘ
tomb painting ⓘ
hasPart figure of Nebamun standing in a boat ⓘ
flying birds ⓘ
inscriptions in hieroglyphs ⓘ
lotus flowers ⓘ
papyrus thicket ⓘ
water teeming with fish ⓘ
material paint on plaster ⓘ
medium fresco-like wall painting ⓘ
movement ancient Egyptian art ⓘ
museumId British Museum EA37977 ⓘ
linked to: British Museum
notableFor insight into elite life in the New Kingdom ⓘ
lively detail ⓘ
naturalistic depiction of animals ⓘ
vivid color ⓘ
originalLocation Theban Necropolis ⓘ
near modern Luxor ⓘ
tomb of Nebamun ⓘ
partOf Tomb-chapel of Nebamun wall paintings ⓘ
period New Kingdom ⓘ
subjectOf British Museum exhibitions ⓘ
art historical studies ⓘ

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tomb of Nebamun paintings → notableWork → Nebamun hunting in the marshes ⓘ