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| Keywords: Egyptian - Wall Painting - Woman Holding a Sistrum - Walters 329.jpg 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 ca 1250 1200 BC New Kingdom neutral gray red black white blue and yellow paint on plaster over mud cm 24 17 4 2 accession number 32 9 18116 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1909 Inscription In black paint on yellow remains of 4 vertical lines of inscription; Translation his sister the lady of Amun Musical Instruments and Their Portrayal in Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1946 place of origin Deir el-Medina present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Sistrum in art Ancient Egyptian frescos Works of the Egyptian New Kingdom | ||||
