Men Splitting Papyrus
Object type: Facsimile, Puyemre (TT 39), papyrus industry
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom
Dynasty: original Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Artist: Hugh R. Hopgood
Artist role: Artist
Date: A.D. 1914–1916, original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Tempera on Paper
Dimensions: facsimile: h. 40 cm (15 3/4 in.); w. 51.5 cm (20 1/4 in.); scale 1:1; framed: h. 43.5 cm (17 1/8 in.); w. 54.9 cm (21 5/8 in.)
Geography: Original from    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes el-Khokha
Locale: Tomb of Puyemre (TT 39)
Excavation: MMA Graphic Section, 1914-1916
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1930
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Men|Working|Love-Poetry