Artist's Gridded Sketch of Senenmut ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom This gridded sketch of a man wearing a short wig undoubtedly depicts Senenmut, one of Hatshepsut's most valued officials. His appointment to a large number of important offices, such as steward of the god Amun at Karnak, enabled him to afford the excavation of an elaborate funerary complex consisting of an offering chapel (TT 71) and a tomb (TT 353) not far from Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes. He also created a tomb for his mother, Hatnefer (), and other family members on the hillside li
Artist's Gridded Sketch of Senenmut ca. 1479–1458 New Kingdom This gridded sketch of a man wearing a short wig undoubtedly depicts Senenmut, one of Hatshepsut's most valued officials. His appointment to a large number of important offices, such as steward of the god Amun at Karnak, enabled him to afford the excavation of an elaborate funerary complex consisting of an offering chapel (TT 71) and a tomb (TT 353) not far from Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes. He also created a tomb for his mother, Hatnefer (), and other family members on the hillside limestone chip, called an ostracon, was found in debris on the hillside just below Senenmut's offering chapel on Sheikh abd el-Qurna hill. The profile is quite similar to a drawing in Senenmut's tomb at Deir el-Bahri (fig. 1). It also resembles drawings on another ostracon in the Museum's collection ().. Artist's Gridded Sketch of Senenmut. ca. 1479–1458 Limestone, ink. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Radim below entrance,Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), MMA excavations, 1935–36. Dynasty 18
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