Relief of a Servant

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dc.date.accessioned2022-07-16T16:31:00Z
dc.date.available2022-07-16T16:31:00Z
dc.descriptionAncient Egyptian tombs served as the eternal resting place for the deceased. Egyptian artists decorated tomb walls with scenes of the deceased receiving gifts in the afterlife and with pictures of daily life, which might show the deceased hunting or fishing in the marshes, or his servants working in the fields or leading cattle or sheep.These low-relief sculptures, presented in registers or rows on the tomb walls, were meant to serve the deceased in the afterlife. The ancient Egyptians believed that once the deceased person was laid to rest and the tomb sealed, these scenes would come to life and provide the deceased with food and earthly pleasures in the afterlife.
dc.description.sponsorshipGift of James and Aneta McIntyre
dc.format.extent15.375" x 10"
dc.format.mediumSculpture
dc.format.mediumLimestone with traces of paint
dc.identifier.other2004.069.001
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10177/20352
dc.relation.ispartofHallie Ford Museum of Art, Willamette University, Salem Oregon
dc.relation.ispartofAncient Art Collection
dc.rightsFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html
dc.titleRelief of a Servant
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local.cultureAncient Mediterannean / Egypt
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