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Fowling in the marshes; fragment of a wallpainting from the
tomb of Nebamun,Thebes. 18th dynasty,around 1350 BCE.
Nebamun stands on a small papyrus boat,with his wife Hatshepsut behind and his son below him. He lets fly a
throwstick into a mass of birds above a papyrus thicket.
Despite his modest title of "scribe and counter of grain"
Nebamun could afford an expensive tomb.  EA,37977
#03010149

Fowling in the marshes; fragment of a wallpainting from the tomb of Nebamun,The...

Majnun visited in the desert by his mother and Salim, 1595.
Majnun's mother touches him on the shoulder. The ematiated Majnun,wearing a loincloth, rests one hand on the head of a tiger. From the story Layla and Majnun by the poet
Nizami.
ID: Or 12208, fol. 150 verso.
#030602 6

Majnun visited in the desert by his mother and Salim, 1595. Majnun's mother tou...

Salim tells Majnun of his mother's death, 1595. The ematiated Majnun,wearing a loincloth, is surrounded by the beasts of the forest. From the story Layla and Majnun by the poet Nizami.
ID: Or 12208, fol. 153 verso.
#030602 7

Salim tells Majnun of his mother's death, 1595. The ematiated Majnun,wearing a l...

Cattle and herdsmen: women with children.
Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria.
Henri Lhote Collection.
#06010137

Cattle and herdsmen: women with children. Fresco of Tassili N'Ajjer, Algeria. He...

Mother and child. Terracotta                           
From Drenovac, Serbia. Vinca Culture,                  
Neolithic (5th mill. BCE).                       
Height 21 cm                                           
Inv. 5670
#06010238

Mother and child. Terracotta From Drenovac, Serbia....

Mother tends to her child. She sits on a rug made
of animal skin. Another woman sits below her.
Wall painting from Tassili N'Ajjer, Sahara.
Collection Henri Lhote.
#070202 1

Mother tends to her child. She sits on a rug made of animal skin. Another woman...

Isis on a throne, suckling the child Horus.            
Bronze, 26th Dynasty (664-525 BCE),                    
Late Period, Egypt. See also 08-01-09/67               
Height 23 cm
#08010554

Isis on a throne, suckling the child Horus. Bronze, 26th Dynasty (66...

Woman carrying a child.                                
Limestone sculpture,                                   
18th Dynasty (16th-14th BCE),                          
New Kingdom, Egypt.                                    
E 8000
#08010738

Woman carrying a child. Limestone sculpture,...

Woman with child.                                      
Terracotta phial, New Kingdom                          
(16th-11th BCE), Egypt.                                
N 969
#08010739

Woman with child. Terracotta phial, New Ki...

Woman with 2 children on her shoulders. Detail         
of 08-01-08/55. Bas-relief from tomb of Horemheb,      
viceroy under Amenophis IV (1365-1347 BCE),            
then Pharaoh (1332-1305 BCE),19th Dynasty,New Kingdom. 
From Horemheb's tomb in Saqqara,Egypt.                 
Detail of 08-01-08/55
#08010856

Woman with 2 children on her shoulders. Detail of 08-01-08/55. Bas-rel...

Isis on a throne, nursing the child Horus.             
Bronze, 26th Dynasty (664-525 BCE),                    
Late Period, Egypt.                                    
Height 23 cm
#08010967

Isis on a throne, nursing the child Horus. Bronze, 26th Dynasty (66...

Isis on a throne with the child Horus on her knees.    
26th Dynasty (664-525 BCE), Late Period, Egypt.
#08010968

Isis on a throne with the child Horus on her knees. 26th Dynasty (664-525 BC...