Title

Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum, c1250-1200 BCE. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Wall Painting: Woman Holding a Sistrum, c1250-1200 BCE. The woman in this fragmentary painting from a tomb wall has a wig of long, full hair, held in place by a flowered headband and topped with an ointment cone, a perfumed substance placed on wigs that gave off a fragrant aroma as it melted. A lotus blossom adorns the front of the headband. She holds a rattle called a sistrum, which women often played during temple ceremonies. What remains of the inscription suggests that she may have served with the temple staff of the god Amen.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM23B21_335

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,2Mb (2,5Mb) / 11,6in x 16,5in / 3468 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

female holding women woman people music arts painting country Egypt writing musician art museum color profile Egyptian death tomb hair mausoleum location century hieroglyph hieroglyphics burial concept headband one person percussion hieroglyphic Colour Ancient Egyptian Ancient Egypt New Kingdom 13th century BC sistrum black hair portrait wood young women young woman Unknown wax Walters Art Museum Mizraim Heritage Art neutral gray red black white blue and yellow paint on plaster over mud