New Year Gift: Mirror 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom Norman de Garis Davies The New Year festival celebrated the birth of the sun god and was associated with the rebirth of the king, as well as with renewal in general. Different traditions have been recorded as being part of this celebration. In New Kingdom tombs, scenes depict presentations of New Year gifts to the king, such as this mirror whose disk might allude to the New Year Gift: Mirror. Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941). 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 Tempera on paper. Twe
New Year Gift: Mirror 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom Norman de Garis Davies The New Year festival celebrated the birth of the sun god and was associated with the rebirth of the king, as well as with renewal in general. Different traditions have been recorded as being part of this celebration. In New Kingdom tombs, scenes depict presentations of New Year gifts to the king, such as this mirror whose disk might allude to the New Year Gift: Mirror. Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941). 1913; original ca. 1427–1400 Tempera on paper. Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom. Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Qenamun (TT 93), MMA Graphic Section, 1913. Dynasty 18
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