Amenhotep III and Tiyi painting during conservation
- Description:
- Amenhotep III and Tiyi painting during conservation
- Physical Description:
- 16 color photographs and color 35mm print
- Author:
- Brock, L. P., Dzikowski, F., and Brock, Edwin
- Date Created:
- 2002-10-02/2002-11-28
- Collection:
- Conservation of the Tomb of Anen
- Series:
- Amenhotep III and Queen Tiyi painting
- Location:
- Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Al Uqşur, and Luxor, Egypt
- Time Period:
- New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
- Topic:
- Amenhotep III, King of Egypt, Tiyi, Queen of Egypt, Otherness, and Art, Ancient--Egypt
- Cultural Object:
- Painting, Tombs--Egypt, Paint, Walls, Mural painting and decoration, Painting, Tombs--Egypt, Paint, Walls, Mural painting and decoration, Painting, Tombs--Egypt, Paint, Walls, and Mural painting and decoration
- Fieldwork activities:
- assembling(additive and joining process), infills (filled lacunae areas), cleaning, conservation (process), frames (protective furnishings), Syncretic conservation, construction, adhesives, personnel, excavation (process), assembling(additive and joining process), infills (filled lacunae areas), cleaning, conservation (process), frames (protective furnishings), Syncretic conservation, construction, adhesives, personnel, excavation (process), assembling(additive and joining process), infills (filled lacunae areas), cleaning, conservation (process), frames (protective furnishings), Syncretic conservation, construction, adhesives, personnel, and excavation (process)
- Genre:
- color photographs
- Creative Commons License:
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- Rights Statement:
- Users must agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the CC BY NC SA license before using ARCE materials and must provide the following credit line: "Reproduction courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, Inc. (ARCE). This project was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)."
- Project History:
- The tomb was commissioned for Anen, an ancient Egyptian priest who served under the reign of Amenhotep III, King of Egypt. ARCE supported a restoration project for the tomb, focused on the tomb’s wall paintings and its overall structural integrity. The project was directed by archaeologist Lyla Pinch-Brock; team members included project architect Nicholas Warner, conservator Ewa Parandowska, photographer and field assistant Edwin C. Brock, and photographer Francis Dzikowski.
- Funding Agency:
- Conservation of the monument was funded through the American Research Center in Egypt's Egyptian Antiquities Project (ARCE-EAP) under United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Grant No. 263-G-00-93-00089-00 (formerly 263-0000-G-00-308900).
- Note Contents:
- Images: 1. Lyla Pinch-Brock searching for plaster fragments; 2. Workers excavating upper level of debris, 3. Lowest level of debris excavated, 4. Found fragments, 5. Eva Parandowska cleaning painting, 5&6. Parandowska re-installing fragments, 7. Fragments of “Nine Bows” set into plaster with pencil sketch, 8. Lyla Pinch-Brock masking the “string lines” for "Bows" reproduction, 9. Lyla Pinch-Brock painting red outline figures, 10. Two remaining “Bows” of partially conserved painting, 11. Detail of north end of painting, 12. “Nine Bows,” showing red line figures with fragments installed, 13. Middle of foreigners’ frieze, showing red line figures and installed fragments, 14. Protective cabinet during construction, 15. Ewa Paradowska retouching green frit area below king’s feet
- Abstract:
- Fragment retrieval, reinstallation, and reconstruction