Sifting Meal, Tomb of Rekhmire

Nina de Garis Davies

Date: ca. 1479–1396 BCE

Medium: Paper, tempera paint, ink

Dimensions: facsimile: h. 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in); w. 44.5 cm (17 1/2 in), scale 1:1, framed: h. 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in); w. 47.6 cm (18 3/4 in)

Country: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom

Themes: Baskets, Daily Life, Food, Men, Working

Rogers Fund, 1931

Date range

-1504 – -1504

Largest dimension

47.6 cm

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