tomb of Nebamun paintings

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Eighteenth Dynasty artwork Theban tomb paintings ancient Egyptian wall paintings

The tomb of Nebamun paintings are a celebrated group of vivid wall scenes from an 18th Dynasty Theban tomb, renowned for their lively depictions of banquets, hunting, and everyday life in ancient Egypt.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A banquet for Nebamun	1
Theban tomb of Nebamun	1
tomb of Nebamun paintings canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eighteenth Dynasty artwork ⓘ Theban tomb paintings ⓘ ancient Egyptian wall paintings ⓘ
appliedOn	plastered mudbrick walls ⓘ
artisticFeature	detailed representation of flora and fauna ⓘ lively movement ⓘ vivid colors ⓘ
artMovement	New Kingdom Egyptian art ⓘ
associatedWith	Nebamun ⓘ tomb of Nebamun paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Theban tomb of Nebamun
collection	British Museum ⓘ
country	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: ancient Egypt
culture	ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ
depicts	agricultural activities ⓘ banquet scenes ⓘ domestic animals ⓘ everyday life in ancient Egypt ⓘ fowling and fishing ⓘ hunting in the marshes ⓘ luxury goods ⓘ music and dancing ⓘ offerings to the dead ⓘ
discoveredIn	19th century ⓘ
dynasty	18th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
function	commemoration of the deceased ⓘ provision of an ideal afterlife ⓘ
genre	funerary art ⓘ
hasPart	individual wall fragments from the tomb of Nebamun ⓘ
inception	14th century BCE ⓘ
language	Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Thebes ⓘ
mainSubject	Nebamun ⓘ
materialUsed	paint ⓘ
notableWork	tomb of Nebamun paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: A banquet for Nebamun Cattle, geese and offerings ⓘ Dancers and musicians ⓘ Nebamun hunting in the marshes ⓘ Surveying the fields ⓘ The Garden of the West ⓘ
originalLocation	Theban Necropolis ⓘ west bank of the Nile at Luxor ⓘ
partOf	Department of Egypt and Sudan, British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum Department of Egypt and Sudan collection
period	New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ surface form: New Kingdom
presentLocation	British Museum ⓘ surface form: British Museum, London
significance	important source for daily life in New Kingdom Egypt ⓘ masterpieces of ancient Egyptian painting ⓘ
style	Theban tomb painting style ⓘ
technique	fresco secco ⓘ
timePeriod	circa 1350 BCE ⓘ
use	decoration of a tomb chapel ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Egyptian art → hasCanonicalExample → tomb of Nebamun paintings ⓘ

tomb of Nebamun paintings → associatedWith → tomb of Nebamun paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theban tomb of Nebamun

tomb of Nebamun paintings → notableWork → tomb of Nebamun paintings self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: A banquet for Nebamun