Das ist der Preis für die folgende Bewertung: A Limestone Relief Fragment, late 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 670-650 B.C., probably from the

Beschreibung : tomb of Mentuemhat, Fourth Priest of Amun, Governor of the South, and Mayor of Thebes, finely carved in shallow relief with the head of a woman facing left, and wearing a broad collar and tripartite wig, her face with full lips drilled at the corner, prominent straight nose, and large eye with contoured upper lid and tapering eyebrow and cosmetic line in shallow relief, the two columns of inscription above translating: "[whom] he [loves], the royal acquaintance, mistress of the house,'' and "... nebyt blessed,'' traces of blue pigment remaining. 91/2 by 65/8 in. (24.1 by 16.8 cm.). tomb of Mentuemhat, Fourth Priest of Amun, Governor of the South, and Mayor of Thebes, finely carved in shallow relief with the head of a woman facing left, and wearing a broad collar and tripartite wig, her face with full lips drilled at the corner, prominent straight nose, and large eye with contoured upper lid and tapering eyebrow and cosmetic line in shallow relief, the two columns of inscription above translating: "[whom] he [loves], the royal acquaintance, mistress of the house,'' and "... nebyt blessed,'' traces of blue pigment remaining. 91/2 by 65/8 in. (24.1 by 16.8 cm.) Formerly on loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1984-1999 Published: Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987, no. 15, illus. Cf. Scott, Egyptian Art at Yale, no. 77, a relief of Mentuemhat from the outer court of his tomb (at Thebes). The author writes: "Mentuemhat served as mayor of the city of Thebes during a turbulent period which witnessed the collapse of Kushite rule in Egypt, the sack of Thebes by the armies of Assyria, and the rise to power of the Saite Dynasty. Despite these political upheavals, Mentuemhat maintained his authority over Thebes, and, by the close of his remarkable career, he was able to commission one of the grandest private tombs ever built in that region.'' See also Russmann, "Relief Decoration in the Tomb of Mentuemhat (TT 34).''.
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