New Year Gifts: Items of Warfare

Norman de Garis Davies

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The new year was a time of renewal, and many New Year gifts depicted in New Kingdom tombs feature new gear for the king, such as items of warfare. The objects here, copied from the tomb of Qenamun, include a bow, whip, dagger (top), shirt of chain mail (bottom left), and two quivers (bottom right).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art