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