<em>Building Scene</em>, ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (19 x 26.5 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Kelly Simpson, 86.132. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.132_wwg7.jpg)

Building Scene, ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (19 x 26.5 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Kelly Simpson, 86.132. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.132_wwg7.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Building Scene

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Sandstone, pigment

Place Made: Thebes (Karnak), Egypt

DATES ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period

DIMENSIONS 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (19 x 26.5 x 3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 86.132

CREDIT LINE Gift of William Kelly Simpson

PROVENANCE Archaeological provenance not yet documented; probably from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt; before 1974, reportedly found at Hermopolis, Egypt; by 1974, acquired by William Kelly Simpson of Katonah, NY and Massachusetts; 1974, lent by William Kelly Simpson to the Brooklyn Museum; 1986, gift of by William Kelly Simpson to the Brooklyn Museum.

Provenance FAQ

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION One Egyptian limestone relief with a representation of stone masons building a wall. Condition: Right edge broken away anciently. Other edges worked in antiquity. Entire surface quite rough and grainy. Joins Brooklyn 61.195.1.

EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Building Scene, ca. 1352–1347 B.C.E. Sandstone, pigment, 7 1/2 x 10 7/16 x 1 3/16 in. (19 x 26.5 x 3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of William Kelly Simpson, 86.132. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.132_wwg7.jpg)

IMAGE installation, West Wing gallery 7 installation, CUR.86.132_wwg7.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005

"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.

RECORD COMPLETENESS

Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.