In this paper we discuss spiral-shaped fringes and locks on the heads of Aegean emissaries represented in Egyptian Eighteenth Dynasty Theban tombs. Such elements initially appear in Aegean iconography, even before the first depiction of Aegean emissaries in the Theban tomb of Senenmut (TT 71; reign of Hatshepsut). In Egyptian iconography this element of the…
Book Review: Birgit schiller—Handel in Krisenzeiten. Ägyptisch-mykenische Handelsbeziehungen in der Ramessidenzeit
Are Aegeans Depicted on Relief Block 1985.328.13 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York?
This short discussion aims to show that, contrary to some earlier suggestions, there are no good arguments that Cretans or Aegeans are depicted on relief block 1985.328.13 in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, also known as relief block nr. 254 from the Norbert Schimmel Collection. The chronologically closest representation of a bound…
Book Review: Inmaculada Vivas Sainz—Egipto y el Egeo a comienzos de la XVIII Dinastia: Una vision de sus relaciones, antecedents e influencia iconográfica
Aegean Emissaries in the Tomb of Senenmut and Their Gift to the Egyptian King
This paper examines the representations of the objects brought by the Aegean emissaries depicted in the foreigners’ procession scene in the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71). Through comparison of the depicted objects with the ones found in the Aegean it is argued that not only is it possible to find close analogies for single objects…