Scene of Fishing and Fowling

Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Probably originally from Amarna (Akhetaten); Probably from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu)
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 22 cm (8 11/16); w. 53.3 cm (21 in)
Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel, 1985
Accession Number: 1985.328.22

Description

At the right, the bud, flower and round leaf of lily plants float on a background of zigzag lines representing water . A large fish swims in the water. A flat space alongside the pond ending with a double edge indicates the rim of the pond. To the left of the scene, a large tilapia fish and a pintail duck are carried on a spear that is held by the figure whose head emerges just above the lower left bottom edge.

This pool belongs to a scene of the king hunting. The king, seated on a stool with the queen crouching at his feet, hunts in a in a wetland surrounding a small rectangular artificial pond. An attendant retrieves the game impaled on an arrow.

This scene must have been a very large one in a temple or palace.

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