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Murals from the tomb of Nebamun, British Museum, London. | Ancient egyptian art, Egypt, Egyptian painting
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Murals from the tomb of Nebamun, British Museum, London.

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Nebamun was an Egyptian "scribe and counter of grain" during the New Kingdom. His tomb in Thebes, the location of which is now lost, featured the famous Pond in a Garden false fresco painting. Nebamun's name is translated as "My Lord is Amun" and he is thought to have lived c. 1500 bc. The paintings were hacked from the tomb wall and purchased by a British collector who in turn sold them to the British Museum in 1821. The collector died in poverty without ever revealing the source location…
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