Fragment of a Leather Hanging(?) with an Erotic Scene
Object type: Painting, erotic
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Ahmose I to Hatshepsut
Date: ca. 1550–1458 B.C.
Medium: Leather (probably goat), paint
Dimensions: leather: H. 16 × W. 18 cm (6 5/16 × 7 1/16 in.); frame: H. 21.5 × W. 24.4 × Th. 1.3 cm (8 7/16 × 9 5/8 × 1/2 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb MMA 815
Locus: found in debris during clearance
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1929–30
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession year: 1931
Tags: Male Nudes|Women|Harps|Musicians