Griffith Institute w&d 166 | Ceiling decoration
Artist
Marcus W. Blackden.
Date
Not dated, probably 1891.
Site
Deir el-Bersha.
Tomb of Djehutinakht. Dynasty XII.
Deir el-Bersha.
Tomb of Djehutinakht. Dynasty XII.
Description
Detail of ceiling decoration.
From scene: Ceiling decoration.
Detail of ceiling decoration.
From scene: Ceiling decoration.
Technical data
Watercolour.
268 mm x 253 mm.
Annotations:
Watercolour, recto [no mount],
'M. W. B.' [initialed signature]; 'red dark red black white blue pale green green yellow'; '8 colours'; 'El Bersheh II. Pl. V.'; 'Tomb I El Bersheh II. Pl. V.'.
Watercolour, verso [no mount],
'Ceiling ornament Tehutinekht (El Bersheh II. pl )'.
Watercolour.
268 mm x 253 mm.
Annotations:
Watercolour, recto [no mount],
'M. W. B.' [initialed signature]; 'red dark red black white blue pale green green yellow'; '8 colours'; 'El Bersheh II. Pl. V.'; 'Tomb I El Bersheh II. Pl. V.'.
Watercolour, verso [no mount],
'Ceiling ornament Tehutinekht (El Bersheh II. pl )'.
Griffith Institute w&d
166
166
Publications
See PM iv.177 | TopBib 409-060-010-010; GI w&d Deir el-Bersha Project; Griffith, F. L. & Newberry, P. E. El Bersheh ii [1895], 18 pl. v [upper right].
See PM iv.177 | TopBib 409-060-010-010; GI w&d Deir el-Bersha Project; Griffith, F. L. & Newberry, P. E. El Bersheh ii [1895], 18 pl. v [upper right].
This is a small sample of the ceiling decoration from the Hall in the tomb of Djehutinakht at Deir el-Bersha. Presented as a tiled grid, arranged chequerboard style, the repeated motif resembles a stylised four-petalled flower, the points of which line up with the tiles' diagonals. The colours red, green, yellow, black and white have been used in rotation to form a reoccurring colour scheme that creates an alternative pattern within the whole. A column of hieroglyphs, painted in blue, forms a border to the right of the tiles. The text is part of a much longer inscription containing Djehutinakht's plea to the gods for continued sustenance in the Afterlife.
Photography Jenni Navratil, assisted by Hana Navratilova
Editing and web pages Elizabeth Fleming, assisted by Francisco Bosch-Puche & Cat Warsi.