Funeral Boat, Tomb of Haremhab

Norman de Garis Davies

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This facsimile painting copies a funeral scene from the Ramesside tomb of a scribe of the divine offerings of Amun named Haremhab. This detail depicts Isis and Nephthys, the divine sisters of the mortuary god Osiris, flanking an elaborate canopy draped with garlands that would have hidden and protected the deceased. A woman kneels in front of the canopy, her hand raised in a gesture of mourning. The scene takes place on the boat that would have carried the mummy to the necropolis.

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