Wall Fragment Relief with Men Rowing

Description This wall fragment is carved in low relief. It depicts two men with oars in their hands, and with their bodies painted in red. The fragment comes probably from the southern, lower terrace of temple of queen Hatshepsut in Deir el Bahari, where the transport of her obelisks from Asswan to Thebes is represented. This transport was done with large ships and these oars men belonged to the crew.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
5/01/1950	Treatment	cleaned
9/24/1975	Treatment	cleaned
10/24/1988	Examination	examined for condition
10/25/1988	Treatment	repaired
5/10/2011	Treatment	repaired

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [claimed from Dehr-el-Bahari]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Label] Old label reads: 1239 K

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930