Tomb of Nebamun

Musicians and dancers, detail of a mural from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 1’ x 2’ 3”. British Museum, London.

Fowling scene, from the tomb of Nebamun, Thebes, Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1350 BCE. Fresco secco, 2’ 8” high. British Museum, London.

The Tomb of Nebamun portrays musicians and dancers. This representation of entertainment at a funeral banquet is strange however the artist experimented with frontal views of faces and bodies, this is relaxed art as the Old Kingdom had very strict rules of representation.