ARCE

Whole view of Long Hall ceiling, with colorful reed matting imitation with uninscribed yellow band (stitched)

Description:
Whole view of Long Hall ceiling, with colorful reed matting imitation with uninscribed yellow band (stitched)
Photographer:
Image capture by Katy Doyle
Date Created:
2009
Collection:
Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69)
Series:
Post-conservation
Subseries:
Long Hall
Location:
Luxor, Egypt, Al Uqşur, Thebes, and Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
Time Period:
New Kingdom and 18th Dynasty
Topic:
Art, Ancient--Egypt, Tombs--Egypt--Thebes (Extinct City), Painted ceilings, Unfinished works of art, Overseer and Scribe of the Lord of Two Lands, and Overseer and Scribe of Fields of Amun
Genre:
color photographs, mural paintings (visual works), ceiling paintings, and damage (condition)
Conservation Note:
To create detailed and non-invasive documentation of the wall paintings, the project team used photographic stitching to create high resolution images of the walls.
References:
Doyle, Katy, and Pieter Collet. “Photographic and Digital Survey of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT69).” In The Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT69): The Art, Culture, and Science of Painting in an Egyptian Tomb, edited by Melinda Hartwig, 125-131. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 2013.
Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Local ID:
arce_ca_tom_kdstichedwalls_0563.tif
Project History:
The Conservation and Documentation of the Tomb Chapel of Menna (TT 69) project was implemented by Dr. Melinda Hartwig, a professor at Georgia State University, from 2007-2009. The project’s objective was the conservation, archaeometric examination, and digital recording of the painted tomb chapel of Menna, to set a precedent for non-invasive methods of analysis. Dr. Hartwig worked with an interdisciplinary team of conservators, digital specialists, Egyptologists, and scientists, with the support of Georgia State University and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (formerly the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities).
Funding Agency:
The conservation of the Tomb of Menna was made possible with funding by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Agreement No. 263-A-00-04-00018-00 and administered by the Egyptian Antiquities Conservation Project (EAC) Agreement No. EAC-11-2007 of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). The Interuniversity Attraction Poles Program provided additional financial support.