Ceiling Fragment Depicting Pigeons in Flight
Object type: Ceiling painting, pigeons, Malqata
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Medium: Mud plaster, paint
Dimensions: H. 68.3 cm (26 7/8 in), w. 138 cm (54 5/16 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Malqata
Locale: Ho W1
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1911–12
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession year: 1912
Tags: Pigeons