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February 21 Video Moon Art, 1969 Art critic Aline B.
Excavated by Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, 1911. Acquired by Carnarvon in the division of finds. Carnarvon Collection, 1911–1926. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926
The statuettes of the child Amenemhab (26.7.1413a, b) and Huwebenef were found inside
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
Selected publications Abramitis, Dorothy H., and Abbe Mark B. “A group of painted
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930. pp. 186–87, ill. fig. 116 (b/w)
Gifts, 2015 Object Number: 2015.243a, b Signature: Signed, dated, and inscribed
Inscription: (as in order on object): Exaseru[n]t . senes . / . los suos ut . no[n] . vide / susAnna . et . / . in co[n]cupiscentia[m] / declinaveru[n]t ocu / re[n]t c[a]elu[m] . dAniel 13 [should be Exaserunt senes in concupiscentiam Susanna et declinaverunt oculos suos ut non viderent caelum, Daniel 13] (the old men were inflamed in desire by Susanna and turned away their eyes so that they might not see heaven [Daniel 13:8-9])
Husband, Timothy B., and Madeline H. Caviness, ed.
Classification: Textiles-Woven-Brocade Credit Line: Gift of Inger G. and William B.
Shepard, Mary B. Europe in the Middle Ages, edited by Charles T.
Said to be from Idalium, Cyprus (A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection…, 1903, vol. 3, pt. 2, pl. LXXVIII, 1) Between 1865 and 1872, excavated in Idalium, Cyprus, by Luigi Palma di Cesnola; afterwards, collection of L
The Journal of Roman Studies, 25: pp. 184–85, Appendix B, 2a.
