Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Thenti

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

AIC_.1920.265

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AIC_.1920.265

AMICA ID

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AMICA Library Year:

1998

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1998

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Sculpture

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Sculpture

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Unknown

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Unknown

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Egyptian

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African; North African; Egyptian

Creator Nationality

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Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

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Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creator Dates/Places

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Creator Name-CRT:

Egyptian

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Egyptian

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Thenti

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Wall Fragment from the Tomb of Thenti

Title

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Title Type:

preferred

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preferred

Title Type

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View:

full view

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full view

View

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Creation Date:

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, c. 2524 - 2400

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Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, c. 2524 - 2400

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

-2524

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-2524

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

-2400

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-2400

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

Limestone

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Limestone

Materials and Techniques

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Subject Description:

This relief fragment from the tomb of the judge and scribe Thenti shows the deceased and his wife sitting on either side of an offering table piled with reed-shaped loaves of bread. Thenti wears the classic knee-length kilt, the belt looped at his waist.His hair or wig is closely cropped and he is clean-shaven. His wife, whose name is now illegible, wears a tight sheath dress that stops just below her breasts. She is ornamented with a beaded necklace, a choker, and bracelets, and a heavy wig composed ofa series of braids. Their son, also named Thenti, stands behind his mother. A small girl, whom the hieroglypic text identifies as Thenti's granddaughter, stands anchored on her own small baseline. She sucks her finger in a gesture traditionally associated with small children in Egyptian art. This scene displays many features of the classic Egyptian artistic conventions for human representation. The small toes of the near foot, for example, are invisible, the feet being rendered identically. When both feet are visible as with the younger Thenti, the arch of each foot is visible, as if both were viewed from the inside. Only one of the woman's breasts is portrayed, for her torso is shown in combined profile and frontal views to express simultaneously its width and contour.

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This relief fragment from the tomb of the judge and scribe Thenti shows the deceased and his wife sitting on either side of an offering table piled with reed-shaped loaves of bread. Thenti wears the classic knee-length kilt, the belt looped at his waist.His hair or wig is closely cropped and he is clean-shaven. His wife, whose name is now illegible, wears a tight sheath dress that stops just below her breasts. She is ornamented with a beaded necklace, a choker, and bracelets, and a heavy wig composed ofa series of braids. Their son, also named Thenti, stands behind his mother. A small girl, whom the hieroglypic text identifies as Thenti's granddaughter, stands anchored on her own small baseline. She sucks her finger in a gesture traditionally associated with small children in Egyptian art. This scene displays many features of the classic Egyptian artistic conventions for human representation. The small toes of the near foot, for example, are invisible, the feet being rendered identically. When both feet are visible as with the younger Thenti, the arch of each foot is visible, as if both were viewed from the inside. Only one of the woman's breasts is portrayed, for her torso is shown in combined profile and frontal views to express simultaneously its width and contour.

Subject Description

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Creation Place:

Africa,North Africa,Egypt

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Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creation Place

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Dimensions:

H.: 53.3 cm (21 in.); W.: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

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H.: 53.3 cm (21 in.); W.: 83.8 cm (33 in.)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

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The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

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Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

1920.265

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1920.265

ID Number

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Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

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The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

Credit Line

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Inscriptions:

The '..judge and scribe Thent' appears sitting opposite his wife. Over table listed 'incense,..' below hopes for a 'thousand of beer, a thousand of clothing...' The hieroglyphic texts enumerate the offerings that were desired to sustain Thenti and his family in the afterlife. In addition to food, he requests clothing, linen, incense, green and black eye paint, and material used in the embalming process.

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The '..judge and scribe Thent' appears sitting opposite his wife. Over table listed 'incense,..' below hopes for a 'thousand of beer, a thousand of clothing...' The hieroglyphic texts enumerate the offerings that were desired to sustain Thenti and his family in the afterlife. In addition to food, he requests clothing, linen, incense, green and black eye paint, and material used in the embalming process.

Inscriptions

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Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

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