Oxford Expedition to Egypt: Scene-details Database

Linacre College, Oxford, 2006. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000009.

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The following themes are broad categories within which the 118 scene types in the database are organised. The numbers of 'scene types' are included to indicate the numerical spread of scene types throughout the database. Click on any theme to view a dropdown list of related scenes and representative drawings for the scene types. Where present, scene details are listed below each scene type. A list of tombs for a scene type can be viewed by following the ‘query’ link.

Scene types Drawings Tombs
1.1. Spear-fishing and/or fowling scene Thumbnail of 1.1. Spear-fishing and/or fowling scene
1.1. Spear-fishing and/or fowling scene
1.1. Spear-fishing and/or fowling scene
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1.2. Pleasure cruise in a marsh Thumbnail of 1.2. Pleasure cruise in a marsh
1.2. Pleasure cruise in a marsh
1.2. Pleasure cruise in a marsh
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1.3. 'Papyrus-pulling' scene and its derivatives Thumbnail of 1.3. 'Papyrus-pulling' scene and its derivatives
1.3. 'Papyrus-pulling' scene and its derivatives
1.3. 'Papyrus-pulling' scene and its derivatives
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1.4. Unidentified marsh scene with details of life in a papyrus-thicket or a marsh Thumbnail of 1.4. Unidentified marsh scene with details of life in a papyrus-thicket or a marsh
1.4. Unidentified marsh scene with details of life in a papyrus-thicket or a marsh
1.4. Unidentified marsh scene with details of life in a papyrus-thicket or a marsh
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1.5. Hippopotamus hunt Thumbnail of 1.5. Hippopotamus hunt
1.5. Hippopotamus hunt
1.5. Hippopotamus hunt
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1.6. Fauna and flora in a papyrus thicket
1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream Thumbnail of 1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream
1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream
1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream
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1.8. Fighting boatmen Thumbnail of 1.8. Fighting boatmen
1.8. Fighting boatmen
1.8. Fighting boatmen
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1.9. Boatmen returning peacefully from a trip in the marshes Thumbnail of 1.9. Boatmen returning peacefully from a trip in the marshes
1.9. Boatmen returning peacefully from a trip in the marshes
1.9. Boatmen returning peacefully from a trip in the marshes
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1.10. Men gathering reeds or lotuses in a marsh (excluding artificial pools) Thumbnail of 1.10. Men gathering reeds or lotuses in a marsh (excluding artificial pools)
1.10. Men gathering reeds or lotuses in a marsh (excluding artificial pools)
1.10. Men gathering reeds or lotuses in a marsh (excluding artificial pools)
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1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers Thumbnail of 1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers
1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers
1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers
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1.12. Papyrus boat construction Thumbnail of 1.12. Papyrus boat construction
1.12. Papyrus boat construction
1.12. Papyrus boat construction
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1.13. Clapnet or bird-trapping scene Thumbnail of 1.13. Clapnet or bird-trapping scene
1.13. Clapnet or bird-trapping scene
1.13. Clapnet or bird-trapping scene
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1.14. Workers placing captured marsh birds in cages Thumbnail of 1.14. Workers placing captured marsh birds in cages
1.14. Workers placing captured marsh birds in cages
1.14. Workers placing captured marsh birds in cages
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1.15. Dragnet or seine-netting scene Thumbnail of 1.15. Dragnet or seine-netting scene
1.15. Dragnet or seine-netting scene
1.15. Dragnet or seine-netting scene
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1.16. Fishing with a large net, set from boats Thumbnail of 1.16. Fishing with a large net, set from boats
1.16. Fishing with a large net, set from boats
1.16. Fishing with a large net, set from boats
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1.17. Fishing with a funnel trap Thumbnail of 1.17. Fishing with a funnel trap
1.17. Fishing with a funnel trap
1.17. Fishing with a funnel trap
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1.18. Fishing with a rounded basket trap, or carrying fish in a basket trap Thumbnail of 1.18. Fishing with a rounded basket trap, or carrying fish in a basket trap
1.18. Fishing with a rounded basket trap, or carrying fish in a basket trap
1.18. Fishing with a rounded basket trap, or carrying fish in a basket trap
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1.19. Fishing with a hand-held net Thumbnail of 1.19. Fishing with a hand-held net
1.19. Fishing with a hand-held net
1.19. Fishing with a hand-held net
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1.20. Boatmen spear-fishing in a marsh (excluding the major figure) Thumbnail of 1.20. Boatmen spear-fishing in a marsh (excluding the major figure)
1.20. Boatmen spear-fishing in a marsh (excluding the major figure)
1.20. Boatmen spear-fishing in a marsh (excluding the major figure)
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1.21. Angling from a boat Thumbnail of 1.21. Angling from a boat
1.21. Angling from a boat
1.21. Angling from a boat
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1.22. Fish-gutter cleaning a recent catch of fish Thumbnail of 1.22. Fish-gutter cleaning a recent catch of fish
1.22. Fish-gutter cleaning a recent catch of fish
1.22. Fish-gutter cleaning a recent catch of fish
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1.23. Fish-bearer(s) Thumbnail of 1.23. Fish-bearer(s)
1.23. Fish-bearer(s)
1.23. Fish-bearer(s)
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1.24. Fishermen registering their catch for distribution by scribes Thumbnail of 1.24. Fishermen registering their catch for distribution by scribes
1.24. Fishermen registering their catch for distribution by scribes
1.24. Fishermen registering their catch for distribution by scribes
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1.25. Mat-making scene Thumbnail of 1.25. Mat-making scene
1.25. Mat-making scene
1.25. Mat-making scene
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1.26. Rope-making scene Thumbnail of 1.26. Rope-making scene
1.26. Rope-making scene
1.26. Rope-making scene
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1.27. Net-making or repairing a net Thumbnail of 1.27. Net-making or repairing a net
1.27. Net-making or repairing a net
1.27. Net-making or repairing a net
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1.28. Drying a fishing net after use Thumbnail of 1.28. Drying a fishing net after use
1.28. Drying a fishing net after use
1.28. Drying a fishing net after use
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Scene types Drawings Tombs
2.1. Desert-hunt or desert-landscape scene (43) Thumbnail of 2.1. Desert-hunt or desert-landscape scene
2.1. Desert-hunt or desert-landscape scene
2.1. Desert-hunt or desert-landscape scene
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2.1.1. Major figure holding leashes attached to dogs depicted in sub-registers
2.1.2. Hunter in the desert
2.1.3. Dogs hunting in the desert
2.1.4. Puppy accompanying a hunter
2.1.5. Wild ox in the desert
2.1.6. Lion in the desert
2.1.7. Leopard in the desert
2.1.8. Jungle cat in the desert
2.1.9. Caracal in the desert
2.1.10. Wild ass in the desert
2.1.11. Deer in the desert
2.1.12. Oryx in the desert
2.1.13. Roan antelope in the desert
2.1.14. Ibex in the desert
2.1.15. Barbary goat in the desert
2.1.16. Addax in the desert
2.1.17. Hartebeest in the desert
2.1.18. Gazelle in the desert (Dorcas gazelle)
2.1.19. Gazelle in the desert (Soemmering's gazelle)
2.1.20. Gazelle in the desert (Isabella gazelle)
2.1.21. Hyena in the desert
2.1.22. Jackal in the desert
2.1.23. Fox in the desert
2.1.24. Hare in the desert
2.1.25. Ichneumon in the desert
2.1.26. Jerboa in the desert
2.1.27. Ratel in the desert
2.1.28. Weasel in the desert
2.1.29. Rat in the desert
2.1.30. Porcupine in the desert
2.1.31. Hedgehog in the desert
2.1.32. Ostrich in the desert
2.1.33. Guinea fowl in the desert
2.1.34. Young antelope, usually crouching in a sub-register, all species
2.1.35. Animals with fatty appendages, or 'wattles', all species
2.1.36. Mating animals, all species
2.1.37. Animals giving birth, all species
2.1.38. Animals suckling young, all species
2.1.39. Animals defecating, all species
2.1.40. Net barrier enclosing desert animals
2.1.41. Wavy desert baseline
2.1.42. Sand grains or pebbles defined on the desert floor
2.1.43. Foliage, mainly shrubs and succulent plants, growing in the desert
2.2. Hunters returning from the desert with game Thumbnail of 2.2. Hunters returning from the desert with game
2.2. Hunters returning from the desert with game
2.2. Hunters returning from the desert with game
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3.1. Agricultural sequence, from hoeing to stacking grain (15) Thumbnail of 3.1. Agricultural sequence, from hoeing to stacking grain
3.1. Agricultural sequence, from hoeing to stacking grain
3.1. Agricultural sequence, from hoeing to stacking grain
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3.1.1. Hoeing, to prepare the ground for sowing
3.1.2. Sowing seed on prepared ground
3.1.3. Ploughing, to prepare the ground or to cover sown seed
3.1.4. Workers driving sheep over sown seed
3.1.5. Flax harvest
3.1.6. Tying flax into bundles
3.1.7. Grain harvest
3.1.8. Gleaner, either gleaning or accompanying workers returning home with grain
3.1.9. Tying grain-stems into bundles
3.1.10. Donkeys arriving at a grainfield to be loaded with sheaves
3.1.11. Filling or closing sacks of sheaves near a grainfield
3.1.12. Loading donkeys with sacks of sheaves, and transporting sheaves on donkeys
3.1.13. Throwing tied or untied sheaves onto a stack ready for threshing
3.1.14. Donkeys, cattle or sheep trampling grain-stems on a threshing-floor
3.1.15. Winnowing, stacking winnowed grain or chaff, and/or decorating stacks of grain
3.2. Filling granaries and issuing, measuring or recording grain-seed or grain in an agricultural context (15) Thumbnail of 3.2. Filling granaries and issuing, measuring or recording grain-seed or grain in an agricultural context
3.2. Filling granaries and issuing, measuring or recording grain-seed or grain in an agricultural context
3.2. Filling granaries and issuing, measuring or recording grain-seed or grain in an agricultural context
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3.2.1. Grain-seed or grain measured by a worker using a square measuring-bucket
3.2.2. Grain-seed or grain removed from a stylized stack
3.2.3. Grain-seed or grain removed from a mound
3.2.4. Crier, usually raising a finger and/or calling to note measures of grain
3.2.5. Scribe(s) recording or supervising as grain-seed or grain is measured
3.2.6. Man accepting, or walking away with, a measured bag of grain-seed
3.2.7. Men walking to granaries with bags of grain on their heads or shoulders
3.2.8. Worker standing on a granary platform to receive bags of grain
3.2.9. Worker 'inside' a granary, receiving bags of grain
3.2.10. Granaries near scenes of grain-measuring, but not being filled by workers
3.2.11. Granaries reached by stairs
3.2.12. Scene of measuring, recording or issuing grain-seed
3.2.13. Scene of measuring, recording or filling granaries in an agricultural context
3.2.14. Scene of measuring, recording or filling granaries near a scene of rendering accounts
3.2.15. Inscriptions associated with grain-seed activities, or with men filling granaries near agriculture
Scene types Drawings Tombs
4.1. Fighting bulls (19) Thumbnail of 4.1. Fighting bulls
4.1. Fighting bulls
4.1. Fighting bulls
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4.1.1. Major male figure viewing fighting bulls
4.1.2. Major male figure accompanied by his wife, both viewing fighting bulls
4.1.3. Bull-fighting scene in two or more registers, with or without other activities
4.1.4. Repeated groups of fighting bulls in one or more registers
4.1.5. Herdsman trying to separate fighting bulls, usually with the aid of a stick
4.1.6. Bulls confronting each other with their horns locked, or about to be locked, in combat
4.1.7. Bull with the horn of its adversary piercing and emerging from its body
4.1.8. Bull about to be tossed but with its hind legs still on the ground
4.1.9. Bull tossed into the air, free of the baseline
4.1.10. Tossed bull landing head-first on the ground
4.1.11. Tossed bull with its tongue protruding, probably through exhaustion
4.1.12. Bull defecating
4.1.13. Possible gore-marks on the body of a bull
4.1.14. Victorious or challenging bull swishing its tail
4.1.15. Bull with hide-patterns defined
4.1.16. Bull with rolls of fat on its neck
4.1.17. Bull with prominent genitals, often a large scrotum
4.1.18. Bull with an unusually large eye
4.1.19. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of fighting bulls
4.2. Livestock browsing in pasture (5) Thumbnail of 4.2. Livestock browsing in pasture
4.2. Livestock browsing in pasture
4.2. Livestock browsing in pasture
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4.2.1. Ox eating a plant taller than itself
4.2.2. Ox eating a papyrus stem
4.2.3. Livestock eating clumps of grass or similar low-growing vegetation
4.2.4. Ox with its tongue extended whilst eating vegetation
4.2.5. Cow eating whilst mating
4.3. Cattle mating in pasture (13) Thumbnail of 4.3. Cattle mating in pasture
4.3. Cattle mating in pasture
4.3. Cattle mating in pasture
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4.3.1. Cow's body slightly arched during mating
4.3.2. Cow with its mouth open during mating
4.3.3. Cow with its tail raised during mating
4.3.4. Cow engaged in another activity during mating
4.3.5. Cow with a calf by its side during mating
4.3.6. Bull gaining the attention of a cow prior to mating
4.3.7. Horned bull mounting a horned cow
4.3.8. Hornless bull (or yearling) mounting a horned cow, or a horned bull mounting a hornless cow
4.3.9. Rival bull raising dust as he paws the ground near mating oxen
4.3.10. Genitals depicted on a mating bull
4.3.11. Man, usually with a stick, trying to prevent a bull from mating
4.3.12. Overseer watching the mating of a bull and cow
4.3.13. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of cattle mating in pasture
4.4. Cow giving birth (14) Thumbnail of 4.4. Cow giving birth
4.4. Cow giving birth
4.4. Cow giving birth
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4.4.1. Cow with its body slightly arched whilst giving birth
4.4.2. Cow with its mouth open whilst giving birth
4.4.3. Cow with its tail raised whilst giving birth
4.4.4. Cow engaged in another activity whilst giving birth
4.4.5. Calf depicted near a cow giving birth
4.4.6. Cow with its head tipped, muzzle raised, and horns slanting diagonally whilst giving birth
4.4.7. Head and forelegs of a calf emerging from a cow's body
4.4.8. Cow giving birth unattended
4.4.9. Herdsman delivering a calf
4.4.10. Herdsman holding the horns of a cow in labour
4.4.11. Herdsman wielding a stick to deter a canine from devouring a calf during its birth
4.4.12. Overseer watching as a cow gives birth
4.4.13. Repeated representations of cows giving birth
4.4.14. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of a cow giving birth
4.5. Milking a cow (15) Thumbnail of 4.5. Milking a cow
4.5. Milking a cow
4.5. Milking a cow
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4.5.1. Cow lassoed for milking, and/or the immediate aftermath of this action
4.5.2. Rope tied to a cow's horns and extending diagonally to its hind legs
4.5.3. Herdsman holding the end of a rope bound around the hind legs of a cow
4.5.4. Cow's legs bound, but no herdsman holding the rope's end
4.5.5. Cow mooing, usually with its tongue extended, during milking
4.5.6. Cow turning its head during milking
4.5.7. Calf hovering near a cow during milking
4.5.8. Milkman kneeling, half-kneeling or squatting as he milks a cow
4.5.9. Milkman's assistant (excluding a man holding the rope bound to the cow during milking)
4.5.10. Milk defined as a single 'block', or as a number of 'streams', issuing from a cow's udder
4.5.11. Oval-shaped milk-jar depicted near a milkman in preference to the usual wide-mouthed bowl
4.5.12. Overseer supervising the milking of a cow
4.5.13. Milking-cows, usually in a group, near a cow being milked
4.5.14. Repeated representations of a herdsman milking a cow
4.5.15. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of milking a cow
4.6. Hobbled and tethered calves (12) Thumbnail of 4.6. Hobbled and tethered calves
4.6. Hobbled and tethered calves
4.6. Hobbled and tethered calves
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4.6.1. Hobbled or tethered calves depicted in a sub-register, or sub-registers
4.6.2. Hobbled or tethered calves associated with an animal procession
4.6.3. Hobbled or tethered calves associated with pasture-related activities
4.6.4. Calves hobbled by their ankles to a hobbling-rail
4.6.5. Calves hobbled by their ankles to ropes tied to stakes or hoops driven into the ground
4.6.6. Calves on leashes tied to stakes or hoops driven into the ground
4.6.7. Calves variously confined by hobbling-ropes and leashes in a single scene
4.6.8. Disorderly overlapped group of hobbled or tethered calves
4.6.9. Calves attempting to free themselves from hobbling-ropes or tethering-ropes
4.6.10. Herdsman attending to a group of hobbled or tethered calves
4.6.11. Vegetation depicted in a scene of hobbled or tethered calves
4.6.12. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of hobbled or tethered calves
4.7. Goats in or near trees (15) Thumbnail of 4.7. Goats in or near trees
4.7. Goats in or near trees
4.7. Goats in or near trees
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4.7.1. Goats feeding in a tree
4.7.2. Goats rearing onto their hind legs to reach leaves on a branch of a tree
4.7.3. Goats in a sub-register, conveniently within reach of leaves on a branch of a tree
4.7.4. Tree with its leaves individually defined on spreading branches
4.7.5. Goats browsing on vegetation near a tree
4.7.6. Goats with parallel wavy or corkscrew horns
4.7.7. Goats with out-spreading wavy or corkscrew horns
4.7.8. Goats butting their heads together, or preparing to do so
4.7.9. Mating goats
4.7.10. Goat giving birth
4.7.11. Goat suckling its kid
4.7.12. Kid-goat in a cage
4.7.13. Goatherd tending a flock of goats
4.7.14. Goatherd's dog
4.7.15. Goats in or near trees associated with a scene of woodcutters removing branches or felling trees
4.8. Feeding domesticated animals by hand (5) Thumbnail of 4.8. Feeding domesticated animals by hand
4.8. Feeding domesticated animals by hand
4.8. Feeding domesticated animals by hand
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4.8.1. A wall-composition depicting several animal species fed in captivity
4.8.2. Herdsman coaxing an animal to sit, in order to be fed by hand
4.8.3. Herdsman feeding a sitting or standing animal by hand
4.8.4. Ox or antelope drinking or feeding from a bowl
4.8.5. Mouth-to-mouth feeding of an animal by a herdsman
4.9. Force-feeding hyenas (14) Thumbnail of 4.9. Force-feeding hyenas
4.9. Force-feeding hyenas
4.9. Force-feeding hyenas
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4.9.1. Feeding domesticated animals, including hyenas
4.9.2. Hyena(s) tethered, waiting to be force-fed
4.9.3. Hyena led to a force-feeding area
4.9.4. Hyena on its back, forelegs and hind legs separately tied
4.9.5. Hyena on its back, forelegs held and hind legs tied
4.9.6. Hyena on its back, forelegs and hind legs held separately
4.9.7. Two workers face-to-face, one holding and the other force-feeding a hyena
4.9.8. Female hyena on its back, being force-fed
4.9.9. Hyena salivating as it gulps down food
4.9.10. Sub-register of food for the hyenas: plucked fowl
4.9.11. Sub-register of food for the hyenas: cuts of red meat
4.9.12. Immature hyena in a force-feeding scene
4.9.13. Bristling hair defined on the back and tail of a hyena in a force-feeding scene
4.9.14. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of force-feeding hyenas
4.10. Overseer seated near animal-tending activities (8) Thumbnail of 4.10. Overseer seated near animal-tending activities
4.10. Overseer seated near animal-tending activities
4.10. Overseer seated near animal-tending activities
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4.10.1. Overseer sitting inside a shelter
4.10.2. Overseer receiving food or drink from an attendant
4.10.3. Overseer sitting in a low wickerwork seat
4.10.4. Overseer dozing, with his head bowed
4.10.5. Overseer squatting on the ground without a chair for comfort
4.10.6. Overseer receiving food and drink simultaneously
4.10.7. Overseer eating or drinking
4.10.8. Overseer feeding an animal
Scene types Drawings Tombs
5.1. Gathering fruit from trees (12) Thumbnail of 5.1. Gathering fruit from trees
5.1. Gathering fruit from trees
5.1. Gathering fruit from trees
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5.1.1. Lone fruit-picker standing beside a tree
5.1.1.1. Fruit picker catching fruit thrown by a boy in a tree
5.1.2. Two fruit-pickers standing to the left and right of a tree and facing inwards
5.1.3. Boy or youth in a tree, picking fruit
5.1.4. Boy or youth in a tree, lowering a bag of fruit
5.1.5. Man pouring a bag or basket of fruit into a larger container
5.1.6. Kneeling or squatting man on the ground, picking or accepting fruit
5.1.7. Kneeling or squatting man in a sub-register beside a tree's branches, picking or accepting fruit
5.1.8. Fruit piled in an unattended basket on the ground
5.1.9. Fruit piled in an unattended basket in a sub-register
5.1.10. Bag-shaped container often used by fruit-pickers
5.1.11. Tree with its inner details defined
5.1.12. Inscription(s) associated with an orchard scene
5.2. Netting song-birds in an orchard (14) Thumbnail of 5.2. Netting song-birds in an orchard
5.2. Netting song-birds in an orchard
5.2. Netting song-birds in an orchard
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5.2.1. Man or youth calling and/or waving a cloth to scare song-birds into a net
5.2.2. Dwarf calling and/or waving a cloth to scare song-birds into a net
5.2.3. Tree defined under a net
5.2.4. Song-birds settled below and in a tree
5.2.5. Song-birds flying freely outside a net
5.2.6. Hoopoe depicted among the flying song-birds
5.2.7. Hovering kingfisher depicted among the flying song-birds
5.2.8. Butterfly depicted among the flying song-birds
5.2.9. Man seizing a netted song-bird
5.2.10. Man placing a netted song-bird in a cage
5.2.11. Man plucking a song-bird
5.2.12. Food provided for the men capturing song-birds
5.2.13. Small hand-set trap placed under a fruit tree covered with a net
5.2.14. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of netting song-birds
5.3. Trapping song-birds in a clapnet (5)
5.3.1. Flocked song-birds trapped in a net or flying freely outside
5.3.2. Bird-trapper's hide represented as a stylized column of reeds
5.3.3. Bending haulers pulling a rope to close a clapnet filled with song-birds
5.3.4. Bird carrier walking away from a clapnet with captured song-birds in his hands
5.3.5. Man receiving captured song-birds and placing them in a cage
5.4. Trapping song-birds in hand-set traps (5) Thumbnail of 5.4. Trapping song-birds in hand-set traps
5.4. Trapping song-birds in hand-set traps
5.4. Trapping song-birds in hand-set traps
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5.4.1. Man or youth placing a hand-set trap under a fruit tree
5.4.2. Song-birds flying freely above a hand-set trap
5.4.3. Hand-set trap depicted closed, with a song-bird inside
5.4.4. Man or youth removing a song-bird from a hand-set trap
5.4.5. Men or youths leaving an orchard with song-birds possibly caught in hand-set traps
Scene types Drawings Tombs
6.1. Hoeing, to prepare or maintain a garden (3) Thumbnail of 6.1. Hoeing, to prepare or maintain a garden
6.1. Hoeing, to prepare or maintain a garden
6.1. Hoeing, to prepare or maintain a garden
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6.1.1. Man using a mattock to hoe a garden
6.1.2. Inscription specifically referring to hoeing
6.1.3. Hoeing associated with other gardening activities
6.2. Watering a garden (6) Thumbnail of 6.2. Watering a garden
6.2. Watering a garden
6.2. Watering a garden
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6.2.1. Men bringing water-jars on yokes to a garden
6.2.2. Man tipping his yoke to empty one of his water-jars
6.2.3. Man obtaining water for a garden
6.2.4. Man carrying filled water-jars by hand to a garden
6.2.5. Man pouring water from a hand-held jar directly into a garden or a man-made pool
6.2.6. Man pouring water into a water-dispersal jar or a water-storage jar, half-buried in a garden
6.3. Cultivating and harvesting vegetables in a garden (10) Thumbnail of 6.3. Cultivating and harvesting vegetables in a garden
6.3. Cultivating and harvesting vegetables in a garden
6.3. Cultivating and harvesting vegetables in a garden
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6.3.1. Lettuces growing in a garden
6.3.2. Flowering onions (Allium porum) growing in a garden amongst lettuces
6.3.3. Onions without flowering tops (Allium sativum) growing in a garden
6.3.4. Emmer-corn with ripening ears, growing in a garden
6.3.5. Gardener digging up a lettuce
6.3.6. Gardener digging up onions without flowering tops
6.3.7. Gardener possibly pulling up onions by their flowering tops
6.3.8. Irrigation trenches in a garden, depicted frontally
6.3.9. Garden earth defined as circles within a rectangular garden plot
6.3.10. Produce carried away from a garden
6.4. Growing papyrus or lotuses in a man-made garden pool (6) Thumbnail of 6.4. Growing papyrus or lotuses in a man-made garden pool
6.4. Growing papyrus or lotuses in a man-made garden pool
6.4. Growing papyrus or lotuses in a man-made garden pool
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6.4.1. Papyrus thicket in a man-made garden pool
6.4.2. Man removing water from a man-made garden pool
6.4.3. Man adding water to a man-made garden pool
6.4.4. Harvesting papyrus in a man-made garden pool
6.4.5. Harvesting lotuses in a man-made garden pool
6.4.6. Wildlife flying near a man-made garden pool
Scene types Drawings Tombs
7.1. Bird-procession scene (15) Thumbnail of 7.1. Bird-procession scene
7.1. Bird-procession scene
7.1. Bird-procession scene
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7.1.1. Lone man leading a procession of birds
7.1.2. Lone man at the rear of a procession of birds
7.1.3. Two men, one in front and one at the rear of a procession of birds
7.1.4. Two men, one in front and one in the middle of a procession of birds
7.1.5. Three men, in the front, middle and rear of a procession of birds
7.1.6. Cranes in a procession of birds
7.1.7. Geese in a procession of birds
7.1.8. Ducks in a procession of birds
7.1.9. Chicks in a procession of birds
7.1.10. Pigeons in a procession of birds
7.1.11. Swan in a procession of birds
7.1.12. Individual bird species named in hieroglyphs in a bird-procession scene
7.1.13. Flock number written next to a bird in a bird-procession scene (excluding 'thousands' symbols)
7.1.14. Species, generally small birds, depicted in sub-registers in a bird-procession scene
7.1.15. Bird-procession scene associated with a poultry-yard scene
7.2. Poultry-yard scene (14) Thumbnail of 7.2. Poultry-yard scene
7.2. Poultry-yard scene
7.2. Poultry-yard scene
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7.2.1. Poultry house filled with geese or ducks
7.2.2. Poultry house with crossbars and/or upright struts supporting a roof
7.2.3. Rectangular pond in the centre of a poultry house
7.2.4. Grain for geese and ducks massed on the ground inside a poultry house
7.2.5. Worker pouring grain into a poultry house for geese or ducks
7.2.6. Worker(s) bringing extra bags of grain for geese or ducks
7.2.7. Pillared walkway leading to a poultry house
7.2.8. Scribe(s) in a pillared walkway leading to a poultry house
7.2.9. Overseer in a pillared walkway leading to a poultry house
7.2.10. Poultry house filled with cranes
7.2.11. Grain for cranes massed on the ground inside a poultry house
7.2.12. Worker pouring grain into a poultry house for cranes
7.2.13. Worker using a stick to control cranes feeding in a poultry house
7.2.14. Large rectangular pond for poultry, situated outside a poultry house
7.3. Force-feeding poultry (7) Thumbnail of 7.3. Force-feeding poultry
7.3. Force-feeding poultry
7.3. Force-feeding poultry
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7.3.1. Force-feeding cranes
7.3.2. Force-feeding geese and/or ducks
7.3.3. Force-feeding pigeons and other small birds
7.3.4. Birds in a poultry yard, before or after force-feeding
7.3.5. Cooking dough for force-feeding poultry
7.3.6. Shaping bread into rolls or balls for force-feeding poultry
7.3.7. Water in a vessel used to soften pieces of bread for force-feeding poultry
Scene types Drawings Tombs
8.1. Gathering grapes or dates (17) Thumbnail of 8.1. Gathering grapes or dates
8.1. Gathering grapes or dates
8.1. Gathering grapes or dates
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8.1.1. Men gathering bunches of grapes
8.1.2. Grape gatherers with baskets or jars in their hands or on the ground
8.1.3. Bearers carrying baskets of grapes away from a vine
8.1.4. Man watering a vine
8.1.5. Supervisor watching the grape gatherers
8.1.6. Vine trained over visible vertical and horizontal stakes
8.1.7. Vine branches flaring outwards diagonally from the ground
8.1.8. Vine branches trained to arch symmetrically
8.1.9. Two separate vines
8.1.10. Small details of a grapevine (e.g. individually defined grapes, tendrils, or leaves)
8.1.11. Grape gatherers depicted against a background of branches and grapes
8.1.12. Short props used to hold up parts of a drooping vine
8.1.13. Scene of gathering grapes associated with a vintage sequence
8.1.14. Men standing on the ground as they gather dates in baskets
8.1.15. Date palms with tall trunks and flaring branches
8.1.16. Bearers carrying baskets of dates away from a palm grove
8.1.17. Scene of gathering dates associated with a sequence showing the making of date wine
8.2. Treading grapes or dates in a vat (18) Thumbnail of 8.2. Treading grapes or dates in a vat
8.2. Treading grapes or dates in a vat
8.2. Treading grapes or dates in a vat
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8.2.1. Men bringing grapes to fill a vat
8.2.2. Grape treader wearing a distinctive kilt with a drooping hemline
8.2.3. Grape treaders, each man with his arm around the back and over the shoulder of the next man
8.2.4. Grape treaders, each man with one hand on the shoulder of the next man
8.2.5. Grape treaders, each man with one arm around the waist of the next man
8.2.6. Grape treaders, each man with both arms around the waists of the men to his right and left
8.2.7. Grape treaders, each man with one hand in the kilt band of the next man
8.2.8. Grape treaders at the ends of a vat, each man with his arm around the vertical frame for support
8.2.9. Grape treader at one end of a vat, holding the frame or a grapevine for support
8.2.10. Grape treaders with one or both feet masked in a vat, or depicted in paint only
8.2.11. Grape treaders facing different directions within a group
8.2.12. Half-kneeling men using resonant sticks to beat out a rhythm for the grape treaders
8.2.13. Scene of treading grapes associated with a vintage sequence
8.2.14. Men bringing dates to fill a vat
8.2.15. Date treaders holding the upper framework of a vat with both hands
8.2.16. Date treaders with one or both feet masked in a vat
8.2.17. Date treaders facing different directions within a group
8.2.18. Scene of treading dates associated with a sequence showing the making of date wine
8.3. Extracting juice in a wine press or date press (21) Thumbnail of 8.3. Extracting juice in a wine press or date press
8.3. Extracting juice in a wine press or date press
8.3. Extracting juice in a wine press or date press
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8.3.1. Four men working a wine press, two on each side of a vat
8.3.2. Five men working a wine press, including a worker in the centre
8.3.3. Eight men working a wine press, including a worker in the centre
8.3.4. Men wearing a distinctive kilt with a drooping hemline
8.3.5. Workers to the left and right, all in 'forward-shoulders' postures
8.3.6. Workers to the left and right, some in postures other than the 'forward-shoulders' posture
8.3.7. Workers to the left and right with one foot on a stick and the other on the ground
8.3.8. Workers to the left and right with one foot on a stick and the other on a worker's back
8.3.9. Workers to the left and right with one foot on a stick and the other hanging free
8.3.10. Workers to the left and right with one foot on a worker's back and the other hanging free
8.3.11. Workers to the left and right with one foot on the vat and the other on the ground
8.3.12. Workers to the left and right bending forward deeply at the waist
8.3.13. Workers to the left and right kneeling on one knee, or about to do so
8.3.14. Workers to the left and right depicted asymmetrically, in various postures
8.3.15. Worker in the centre above a vat, separating the rotating sticks
8.3.16. Twisted cloth shown as a figure-of-eight
8.3.17. Globular-shaped vat used to catch the falling juice
8.3.18. Shallow, wide-mouthed vat used to catch the falling juice
8.3.19. Falling juice defined between the cloth and the vat
8.3.20. Scene of extracting juice in a press associated with a vintage sequence
8.3.21. Scene of extracting juice in a press associated with the making of date wine
8.4. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of wine (5) Thumbnail of 8.4. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of wine
8.4. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of wine
8.4. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of wine
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8.4.1. Men filling large jars with wine
8.4.2. Men sealing large jars filled with wine
8.4.3. Men wearing a distinctive kilt with a drooping hemline
8.4.4. One or more scribes recording a yield of wine
8.4.5. Sealed jars of wine depicted in a register or sub-register
8.5. Decanting oil (3) Thumbnail of 8.5. Decanting oil
8.5. Decanting oil
8.5. Decanting oil
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8.5.1. Two half-kneeling workers face-to-face, decanting oil
8.5.2. Oil 'flowing' into a tall alabaster jar
8.5.3. Oil-decanting scene associated with a market scene
8.6. Extracting oil in an oil press, and mixing oil (10) Thumbnail of 8.6. Extracting oil in an oil press, and mixing oil
8.6. Extracting oil in an oil press, and mixing oil
8.6. Extracting oil in an oil press, and mixing oil
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8.6.1. Man mixing oil by hand, perhaps prior to squeezing oil in an oil press
8.6.2. Five men operating an oil press, including a worker in the centre
8.6.3. Oil-press workers to the left and right, all in 'forward-shoulders' postures
8.6.4. Oil-press workers to the left and right with one foot on a stick and the other on a worker's back
8.6.5. Oil-press workers to the left and right with one foot on a stick and the other hanging free
8.6.6. Oil-press worker in the centre above a vat, separating the rotating sticks
8.6.7. Globular-shaped vat used to catch dripping oil
8.6.8. Oil dripping from a twisted cloth into a vat
8.6.9. Oil-pressing scene associated with a scene of men filling oil-jars
8.6.10. Oil-pressing scene associated with workshop activities
8.7. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of oil (6) Thumbnail of 8.7. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of oil
8.7. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of oil
8.7. Filling, sealing, recording and/or storing jars of oil
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8.7.1. Men filling large jars with oil
8.7.2. Men sealing large jars filled with oil
8.7.3. One or more scribes recording a yield of oil
8.7.4. Jars of oil depicted in a register or sub-register
8.7.5. Oil-storage scene associated with an oil-pressing scene
8.7.6. Oil-storage scene associated with workshop activities
Scene types Drawings Tombs
9.1. Disembowelling and/or skinning an animal (19) Thumbnail of 9.1. Disembowelling and/or skinning an animal
9.1. Disembowelling and/or skinning an animal
9.1. Disembowelling and/or skinning an animal
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9.1.1. Disembowelling a small hoofed animal
9.1.2. Lone man disembowelling or skinning an animal
9.1.3. Man with an assistant, disembowelling or skinning an animal
9.1.4. Worker(s) standing to disembowel or skin an animal
9.1.5. Worker(s) half-kneeling to disembowel or skin an animal
9.1.6. Man pulling the foreleg of a hanging animal, to stretch it during disembowelling or skinning
9.1.7. Man pulling the body of a hanging animal, to stretch it or squeeze out its entrails
9.1.8. Man holding the tied hind legs of an animal as he cuts into its body
9.1.9. Overseer near a man disembowelling or skinning an animal
9.1.10. Slaughtered animal suspended from the crossbar of a shelter
9.1.11. Slaughtered animal suspended from a branch of a tree
9.1.12. Rope attached to the hind leg of a hanging animal
9.1.13. Slaughtered animal with its mouth open and its tongue protruding
9.1.14. Entrails and blood of a hanging animal caught in a basin
9.1.15. Entrails and blood of a hanging animal falling to the ground
9.1.16. Skin peeling off the body of a hanging animal
9.1.17. Disembowelling or skinning an animal associated with a scene of goats in trees
9.1.18. Disembowelling or skinning an animal associated with food preparation or cooking
9.1.19. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of disembowelling or skinning an animal
9.2. Preparing red meat for consumption (9) Thumbnail of 9.2. Preparing red meat for consumption
9.2. Preparing red meat for consumption
9.2. Preparing red meat for consumption
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9.2.1. Slicing red meat on a low chopping board, in preparation for cooking
9.2.2. Boiling (or stewing) cuts of red meat in a fat-bellied cauldron
9.2.3. Roasting red meat on a spit held over a fire
9.2.4. Sub-register(s) of cooked or uncooked red meat, either in a heap or in a vessel
9.2.5. Preparation of red meat associated with other cooking activities
9.2.6. Preparation of red meat associated with a scene of goats in trees or disembowelling a goat
9.2.7. Preparation of red meat associated with a conventional butchery scene
9.2.8. Preparation of red meat associated with a banquet or table scene
9.2.9. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of preparing red meat for consumption
9.3. Preparing fowl for consumption (20) Thumbnail of 9.3. Preparing fowl for consumption
9.3. Preparing fowl for consumption
9.3. Preparing fowl for consumption
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9.3.1. Goose or duck taken from a cage or brought alive to be slaughtered
9.3.2. Worker throttling a goose or duck
9.3.3. Dead goose or duck presented for inspection prior to being plucked
9.3.4. Worker plucking or cleaning a goose or duck on the ground
9.3.5. Worker plucking or cleaning a goose or duck over the side of a boat
9.3.6. Worker plucking or cleaning a song-bird
9.3.7. Plucked goose or duck handed over for cooking
9.3.8. Cook roasting a goose or duck on a spit held over a fire
9.3.9. Cook boiling (or stewing) fowl in a fat-bellied cauldron
9.3.10. Prepared fowl attached to a rope line tied across a pillared workplace or shelter
9.3.11. Cook's assistant depicted in a scene of preparing fowl for consumption
9.3.12. Prepared or cooked fowl depicted on a table or in a vessel placed on the ground
9.3.13. Fowl depicted in a sub-register, alive in a cage or plucked ready to be cooked
9.3.14. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with other cooking activities
9.3.15. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with a banquet or table scene
9.3.16. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with a marsh-related scene
9.3.17. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with an orchard scene
9.3.18. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with a pasture-related scene
9.3.19. Preparation of fowl for consumption associated with a scene of transport by boat
9.3.20. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of preparing fowl for consumption
9.4. Preparing fish for consumption (excluding fish-gutting) (4) Thumbnail of 9.4. Preparing fish for consumption (excluding fish-gutting)
9.4. Preparing fish for consumption (excluding fish-gutting)
9.4. Preparing fish for consumption (excluding fish-gutting)
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9.4.1. Roasting a fish on a spit held over a fire
9.4.2. Boiling (or stewing) fish in a fat-bellied cauldron
9.4.3. Roasting or boiling fish associated with a scene of fish-gutting
9.4.4. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of preparing fish for consumption
9.5. Preparing cake-dough and/or cooking cakes on a fire (10) Thumbnail of 9.5. Preparing cake-dough and/or cooking cakes on a fire
9.5. Preparing cake-dough and/or cooking cakes on a fire
9.5. Preparing cake-dough and/or cooking cakes on a fire
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9.5.1. Man mixing dough in a bowl
9.5.2. Man rolling dough into a circular compressed shape
9.5.3. Man bringing a tray of prepared circles of dough ready for baking
9.5.4. Circular loaves baking on an open fire
9.5.5. Loaves baking on a brazier
9.5.6. Elderly or middle-aged man assisting with the shaping or baking of circular loaves
9.5.7. Preparation of circular loaves associated with a seated overseer, resting or receiving food
9.5.8. Preparation of circular loaves associated with other cooking activities
9.5.9. Preparation of circular loaves associated with marsh or pasture-related activities
9.5.10. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of preparing circular loaves
9.6. Stages of bread making, with or without brewing (5) Thumbnail of 9.6. Stages of bread making, with or without brewing
9.6. Stages of bread making, with or without brewing
9.6. Stages of bread making, with or without brewing
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9.6.1. Prelude to baking and brewing: manufacture of beer jars, bread moulds and other containers
9.6.2. Prelude to baking and brewing: obtaining grain from a granary, specifically for baking loaves
9.6.3. Baking scenes (excluding actual brewing)
9.6.4. Brewing scenes (excluding the baking of loaves used for brewing)
9.6.5. Aftermath of baking and brewing: products brought for recording, storage or distribution
Scene types Drawings Tombs
10.1. Carpentry (excluding boat building) (37) Thumbnail of 10.1. Carpentry (excluding boat building)
10.1. Carpentry (excluding boat building)
10.1. Carpentry (excluding boat building)
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10.1.1. Bringing a length of wood
10.1.2. Chiselling a box
10.1.3. Dressing, cutting or shaping a log (excluding a boat-building context)
10.1.4. Making a bed
10.1.5. Making and/or polishing a door-bolt
10.1.6. Making bows and arrows
10.1.7. Making a carrying chair
10.1.8. Making a high-sided chair
10.1.9. Making a square chest with a flared top
10.1.10. Making a square chest with a rounded lid
10.1.11. Making a divan
10.1.12. Making a djed-column
10.1.13. Making a door
10.1.14. Making a false-door
10.1.15. Making a fan
10.1.16. Making a leg for a bed, stool or chair
10.1.17. Making a paddle
10.1.18. Making a lotiform pillar
10.1.19. Making a sarcophagus
10.1.20. Making an aba-sceptre
10.1.21. Making a staff with a curved handle
10.1.22. Making a low table
10.1.23. Operating a bow drill
10.1.24. Painting a completed shrine or naos
10.1.25. Polishing or sanding a bed or long stool
10.1.26. Polishing or sanding a low legless chest
10.1.27. Polishing or sanding a rectangular chest with a flared top
10.1.28. Polishing or sanding a rectangular chest with legs
10.1.29. Polishing or sanding a door
10.1.30. Polishing or sanding a wooden sarcophagus
10.1.31. Polishing or sanding a shrine
10.1.32. Sawing a length of wood
10.1.33. Rubbing abrasive material onto furniture
10.1.34. Sharpening a tool
10.1.35. Using an adze or ax to fashion a piece of wood held vertically
10.1.36. Using an adze to fashion a piece of wood lying on the ground
10.1.37. Using an ax to fashion a piece of wood lying on the ground
10.2. Linen production (4) Thumbnail of 10.2. Linen production
10.2. Linen production
10.2. Linen production
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10.2.1. Softening flax leaves in a pool
10.2.2. Squeezing water out of flax leaves by means of a press
10.2.3. Drying flax on a rack
10.2.4. Beating flax, perhaps prior to weaving the flax fibres
10.3. Jewellery making (14) Thumbnail of 10.3. Jewellery making
10.3. Jewellery making
10.3. Jewellery making
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10.3.1. Jewellers making a broad collar
10.3.2. Jewellers making a counterpoise
10.3.3. Jewellers making a pectoral
10.3.4. Jewellers making a beaded stole
10.3.5. Jewellers presenting an item of jewellery for inspection
10.3.6. One or more scribes recording items of jewellery
10.3.7. Man, or men, watching jewellers at work
10.3.8. Jewellers clearly threading beads
10.3.9. Jewellers dipping a collar into liquid
10.3.10. Dwarf jewellers
10.3.11. Jeweller boring carnelian
10.3.12. Obese jeweller
10.3.13. Finished items of jewellery in a sub-register, or in a register with jewellers at work
10.3.14. Spare tables stacked with finished items of jewellery near jewellers at work
10.4. Leather work (8) Thumbnail of 10.4. Leather work
10.4. Leather work
10.4. Leather work
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10.4.1. Stretching leather
10.4.2. Treating leather with grease
10.4.3. Cutting out leather soles for sandals
10.4.4. Completing the manufacture of leather sandals
10.4.5. Completing the manufacture of leather bags
10.4.6. Completing the manufacture of clothing made from an animal's hide
10.4.7. Dwarfs engaged in leather work
10.4.8. Finished leather articles depicted in a sub-register
10.5. Metal work (17) Thumbnail of 10.5. Metal work
10.5. Metal work
10.5. Metal work
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10.5.1. Weighing lumps or ingots of metal
10.5.2. Large jars, possibly used to hold metal for smelting
10.5.3. Workers smelting unrefined or refined metal, using blow-pipes
10.5.4. Lone worker smelting a small quantity of precious metal in a crucible
10.5.5. Worker thrusting a stick into a fire containing a crucible
10.5.6. Metal smelter possibly clearing an obstruction from his blow-pipe
10.5.7. Worker carrying a crucible away from the metal-smelters' fire
10.5.8. Worker cooling liquified metal by pouring it slowly from a crucible into a stone vessel
10.5.9. Worker with a bowl of water for cooling a stone vessel as it is filled with liquified metal
10.5.10. Hammering unrefined metal-cake to remove impurities, or refined metal-cake for sheet-metal
10.5.11. Craftsman coating an object with precious sheet-metal
10.5.12. Craftsman using a stone to shape a basin placed upside-down on a block
10.5.13. Overseer or scribe associated with metal-work pursuits
10.5.14. Food for the metal workers
10.5.15. Metal-work pursuits taking place inside a shelter
10.5.16. Finished metal objects depicted in a sub-register
10.5.17. Finished metal objects conveyed by hand to the tomb owner
10.6. Painting onto a screen (4) Thumbnail of 10.6. Painting onto a screen
10.6. Painting onto a screen
10.6. Painting onto a screen
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10.6.1. Tomb owner painting the seasons
10.6.2. Man painting pictures of animals onto a screen
10.6.3. Painter seated as he works
10.6.4. Essential equipment depicted with a painter
10.7. Pottery making Thumbnail of 10.7. Pottery making
10.7. Pottery making
10.7. Pottery making
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10.8. Seal engraving (5) Thumbnail of 10.8. Seal engraving
10.8. Seal engraving
10.8. Seal engraving
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10.8.1. Seal engraver plying his trade in a market place
10.8.2. Two seal engravers plying their trade in a market place
10.8.3. Seal engraver sitting or crouching to steady himself as he engraves a seal
10.8.4. Barterer offering produce to a seal engraver in return for an engraved seal
10.8.5. Sack slung across a seal-engraver's chest, to hold his equipment
10.9. Staff fashioning (5) Thumbnail of 10.9. Staff fashioning
10.9. Staff fashioning
10.9. Staff fashioning
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10.9.1. Man using an adze to dress a walking stick
10.9.2. Man rubbing water onto a walking stick to make it supple
10.9.3. Man heating or steaming a walking stick over fire to increase its strength and flexibility
10.9.4. Workers using a simple vice to straighten a walking stick
10.9.5. Newly made walking sticks depicted in a sub-register
10.10. Statue making, in stone and wood (24) Thumbnail of 10.10. Statue making, in stone and wood
10.10. Statue making, in stone and wood
10.10. Statue making, in stone and wood
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10.10.1. Sculptor using a mallet and chisel
10.10.2. Sculptor using a chisel only, sometimes striking it with his cupped hand
10.10.3. Sculptor using an adze
10.10.4. Sculptor using a large stone held between two sticks
10.10.5. Sculptor using an ax
10.10.6. Craftsman polishing a statue with a small stone
10.10.7. Craftsman painting a statue
10.10.8. Sculptor squatting or half-kneeling as he works
10.10.9. Sculptor sitting on a cube-seat as he works
10.10.10. Sculptor sitting on a high stool with its legs reinforced by brace-bars
10.10.11. Sculptor standing or sitting on a statue's base as he works
10.10.12. Food provided for the sculptors
10.10.13. Statue or statues probably carved from wood
10.10.14. Seated or standing statue with a back-pillar
10.10.15. Statue of a child
10.10.16. Statue of a couple
10.10.17. Statue of a female figure
10.10.18. Statue of a lion
10.10.19. Statue lying on the ground
10.10.20. Statue of a naked male or female figure
10.10.21. Statue represented in profile view, male or female
10.10.22. Statue of a seated male or female figure
10.10.23. Statue of a standing male or female figure
10.10.24. Statue in a shrine
10.11. Stone masonry (excluding statue making) (9) Thumbnail of 10.11. Stone masonry (excluding statue making)
10.11. Stone masonry (excluding statue making)
10.11. Stone masonry (excluding statue making)
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10.11.1. Mason chiselling a block of stone, possibly to shape it into a slender vessel
10.11.2. Mason operating a crank-drill to hollow the interior of a stone vessel
10.11.3. Mason thinning the interior wall of a vessel by rubbing it with a stone and abrasive material
10.11.4. Mason polishing the exterior of a vessel, using a small stone
10.11.5. Craftsman painting a vessel possibly made of stone
10.11.6. Mason presenting a finished stone vessel to a tomb owner
10.11.7. Food provided for the masons
10.11.8. Stone-vessel manufacture depicted in sub-registers
10.11.9. Finished stone vessels depicted in a sub-register or register
10.12. Wooden boat building and preliminary activities (14) Thumbnail of 10.12. Wooden boat building and preliminary activities
10.12. Wooden boat building and preliminary activities
10.12. Wooden boat building and preliminary activities
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10.12.1. Chopping down trees for boat building
10.12.2. Lopping branches off a felled tree, in preparation for boat building
10.12.3. Carrying a log to a boat-builders' yard
10.12.4. Fashioning wood for boat building near an unfinished boat
10.12.5. Props under the hull of a boat to hold it firm during construction
10.12.6. Boat builders working inside a boat's hull
10.12.7. Boat builders working on the exterior of a boat's hull
10.12.8. Boat builders fashioning narrow lengths of wood, possibly for decking or boat parts
10.12.9. Levelling equipment depicted in a boat-building scene
10.12.10. Warping a boat's hull, and related activities
10.12.11. Launching a finished wooden boat
10.12.12. Overseer supervising the work of boat builders
10.12.13. Scribes and rolls of papyrus associated with boat building
10.12.14. Animals associated with boat building
Scene types Drawings Tombs
11.1. Market scene (8) Thumbnail of 11.1. Market scene
11.1. Market scene
11.1. Market scene
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11.1.1. Overseer or animal-controller supervising proceedings in a marketplace
11.1.2. Traders displaying their produce in a marketplace
11.1.3. Shoppers in a marketplace
11.1.4. Decanting and/or selling oil in a marketplace
11.1.5. Seal engraver in a market-place
11.1.6. Staff inspection and selling in a marketplace
11.1.7. Child or youth in a marketplace
11.1.8. Animal in a marketplace
11.2. Freight-boat scene (17) Thumbnail of 11.2. Freight-boat scene
11.2. Freight-boat scene
11.2. Freight-boat scene
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11.2.1. Freight boats travelling to their destination
11.2.2. Freight boats moored at their destination
11.2.3. Freight-boat scene associated with a scene of rendering accounts
11.2.4. Rectangular cabin on the deck of a freight boat
11.2.5. Small cabin with a curved roof adjoining the rectangular cabin on a freight boat
11.2.6. Rigging and mast fittings lying on top of the cabin on a freight boat
11.2.7. Zigzag binding (a truss girdle?) securing the rim of the hull of a freight boat
11.2.8. Railing at the bow of a freight boat
11.2.9. Rudder oar(s) on a freight boat
11.2.10. Rowing oar(s) on a freight boat
11.2.11. Sailors on a freight boat
11.2.12. Passengers and workers on a freight boat (excluding sailors)
11.2.13. Animals on a freight boat
11.2.14. Inanimate cargo on a freight boat
11.2.15. Tomb-owner's personal possessions on a freight boat
11.2.16. Funerary objects on a freight boat
11.2.17. Cargo, passengers and/or workers on land, beside or above a freight boat
11.3. Estate managers rendering their accounts to scribes (27) Thumbnail of 11.3. Estate managers rendering their accounts to scribes
11.3. Estate managers rendering their accounts to scribes
11.3. Estate managers rendering their accounts to scribes
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11.3.1. Rendering of accounts scene associated with agriculture, including granaries
11.3.2. Rendering of accounts scene associated with a freight-boat scene
11.3.3. Rendering of accounts scene associated with the presentation of livestock
11.3.4. Rendering of accounts scene associated with the presentation of a scribe's list
11.3.5. Estate manager standing upright, sometimes bowing slightly
11.3.6. Estate manager bowing from the hip, or forced into this position
11.3.7. Estate manager kneeling, half-kneeling or sitting with his upper body fairly erect
11.3.8. Estate manager in a crawling or semi-crawling posture
11.3.9. Estate manager resisting forceful treatment by an official
11.3.10. Estate manager pleading for mercy
11.3.11. Estate manager receiving a beating
11.3.12. Estate manager depicted with receding hair
11.3.13. Estate manager depicted with a beard
11.3.14. Plump, or slightly plump, estate manager
11.3.15. Naked estate manager
11.3.16. Estate manager wearing clothing
11.3.17. Estate manager with his pointed kilt reversed and projecting behind him
11.3.18. Official forcing down the head or body of an estate manager
11.3.19. Official with a beating stick in a scene of rendering accounts
11.3.20. Drum containing beating sticks in a scene of rendering accounts
11.3.21. Two or more officials dealing with an errant estate manager
11.3.22. Official holding the hand of an estate manager and leading him forward to render his accounts
11.3.23. Scribes in a pillared hall depicted in a scene of rendering accounts
11.3.24. Scribes recording information for a senior official sitting before them
11.3.25. Scribes standing and recording information on a sheet of papyrus
11.3.26. Scribes half-kneeling and recording information on sheets of papyrus
11.3.27. Scribes directly confronting an estate manager depicted without an escort
11.4. Man or boy receiving a beating in a workplace (12) Thumbnail of 11.4. Man or boy receiving a beating in a workplace
11.4. Man or boy receiving a beating in a workplace
11.4. Man or boy receiving a beating in a workplace
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11.4.1. Punishment taking place in a kitchen scene
11.4.2. Punishment taking place in a papyrus-gathering scene
11.4.3. Punishment taking place near a ploughing scene
11.4.4. Punishment taking place in a scene of animal care
11.4.5. Punishment supervised by an overseer
11.4.6. Punishment witnessed by a worker, not an overseer
11.4.7. Chastiser forcing down the head or body of his victim
11.4.8. Chastiser beating the back or buttocks of his victim with a stick
11.4.9. Chastiser beating the back or buttocks of his victim with his hand or fist
11.4.10. Chastiser depicted naked
11.4.11. Chastiser wearing a short kilt
11.4.12. Victim attempting to defend himself with one hand
11.5. Workers receiving rewards for their services (10) Thumbnail of 11.5. Workers receiving rewards for their services
11.5. Workers receiving rewards for their services
11.5. Workers receiving rewards for their services
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11.5.1. Reward presentation taking place in the presence of a tomb owner
11.5.2. Tomb owner receiving an inventory probably prior to the presentation of rewards
11.5.3. Linen inspection prior to the presentation of rewards
11.5.4. Scribes involved with the recording and issuing of rewards
11.5.5. Weavers receiving or about to receive rewards
11.5.6. Dancers receiving or about to receive rewards
11.5.7. Objects displayed in a pile, ready to be issued as rewards
11.5.8. Food items allocated in exchange for strips or bundles of cloth
11.5.9. Vessels of oil either received or ready to be issued as rewards
11.5.10. Jewellery either received or ready to be issued as rewards
11.6. Tomb owner conveyed on donkeys, probably to inspect possessions (15) Thumbnail of 11.6. Tomb owner conveyed on donkeys, probably to inspect possessions
11.6. Tomb owner conveyed on donkeys, probably to inspect possessions
11.6. Tomb owner conveyed on donkeys, probably to inspect possessions
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11.6.1. Palanquin chair with curved ends
11.6.2. Palanquin chair with open or partly open sides
11.6.3. Palanquin chair with a low back and low arm-rests
11.6.4. Girths defined as vertical bands attaching the chair to the backs of two donkeys
11.6.5. Two chair-bearing donkeys, one with its head lowered to eat vegetation
11.6.6. Two chair-bearing donkeys, one with only its lowered head and two overlapped legs visible
11.6.7. Two chair-bearing donkeys, one with only its lowered head visible
11.6.8. Chair's occupant named as a tomb owner
11.6.9. Occupant squatting on the base of his palanquin chair with both knees raised
11.6.10. Occupant half-kneeling on the base of his palanquin chair
11.6.11. Occupant's body partly or wholly visible behind the railing of the palanquin chair
11.6.12. Chair's occupant wearing a tight knee-length kilt
11.6.13. Chair's occupant fanning himself with a cloth
11.6.14. Chair's occupant holding his staff part-way down against his chest
11.6.15. Two or more attendants escorting the palanquin
11.7. Tomb owner conveyed in a palanquin, probably to inspect possessions (10) Thumbnail of 11.7. Tomb owner conveyed in a palanquin, probably to inspect possessions
11.7. Tomb owner conveyed in a palanquin, probably to inspect possessions
11.7. Tomb owner conveyed in a palanquin, probably to inspect possessions
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11.7.1. Palanquin with a canopy and/or framework of columns or lengths of wood
11.7.2. Tomb owner or a family member conveyed in a palanquin
11.7.3. High-seated palanquin chair, enabling its occupant to sit upright
11.7.4. Low-seated palanquin chair, obliging its occupant to kneel or sit with both knees raised
11.7.5. Palanquin poles attached to a palanquin chair
11.7.6. Palanquin carriers, fully or partly preserved
11.7.7. Sunshade carriers accompanying a palanquin
11.7.8. Dwarf accompanying a palanquin
11.7.9. Boy accompanying a palanquin
11.7.10. One or more pets accompanying a palanquin
11.8. Servants bringing an empty palanquin for transportation (14) Thumbnail of 11.8. Servants bringing an empty palanquin for transportation
11.8. Servants bringing an empty palanquin for transportation
11.8. Servants bringing an empty palanquin for transportation
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11.8.1. Palanquin or palanquin chair carried by men
11.8.2. Palanquin or palanquin chair carried by women
11.8.3. Attendants accompanying the palanquin carriers
11.8.4. Palanquin probably intended for transport in the Afterlife
11.8.5. Palanquin already placed on the ground
11.8.6. Palanquin intended for a princess
11.8.7. Palanquin chair with a high back and high sides
11.8.8. Palanquin chair with an extension for the intended occupant's feet
11.8.9. Palanquin chair without an extension for the intended occupant's feet
11.8.10. Palanquin chair with a lion in an upright seated posture carved or painted on its visible side
11.8.11. Chair with slots underneath for attaching the palanquin's carrying-poles
11.8.12. Palanquin's carrying-poles with papyriform terminals
11.8.13. Palanquin chair enclosed within a light shelter, or framework
11.8.14. Long-handled fan placed inside or beside a palanquin chair, ready for use
11.9. Palanquin seat and its occupant set down after transportation (8) Thumbnail of 11.9. Palanquin seat and its occupant set down after transportation
11.9. Palanquin seat and its occupant set down after transportation
11.9. Palanquin seat and its occupant set down after transportation
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11.9.1. Man sitting in a set-down palanquin chair
11.9.2. Woman sitting in a set-down palanquin chair
11.9.3. Palanquin chair set down inside a shelter
11.9.4. Palanquin chair set down in a boat
11.9.5. Set-down palanquin chair associated with list presentation or the recording of possessions
11.9.6. Set-down palanquin chair associated with a scene of entertainment
11.9.7. Set-down palanquin chair with a high back and high sides
11.9.8. Set-down palanquin chair with an elongated foot-rest
11.10. Officials witnessing a will (3) Thumbnail of 11.10. Officials witnessing a will
11.10. Officials witnessing a will
11.10. Officials witnessing a will
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11.10.1. Tomb owner gesturing towards his will, written in columns before him
11.10.2. Witnesses kneeling before an inscribed will, each man identified by his name and titles
11.10.3. Tomb-owner's heir depicted near an inscribed will
Scene types Drawings Tombs
12.1. Dancers, with or without clappers (16) Thumbnail of 12.1. Dancers, with or without clappers
12.1. Dancers, with or without clappers
12.1. Dancers, with or without clappers
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12.1.1. Male dancers, mostly performing specific movements in pairs
12.1.2. Male clappers, usually associated with male dancers
12.1.3. Female dancers performing specific movements in pairs
12.1.4. Female clappers kneeling rather than standing near female dancers
12.1.5. Female dancers, each kicking a straightened leg high into the air
12.1.6. Female dancers, each kicking a bent leg into the air
12.1.7. Female dancers, each turning her head and kicking a bent leg outwards behind her
12.1.8. Dancers carrying mirrors
12.1.9. Dancers carrying sistra or decorated wands
12.1.10. Clappers carrying wooden clappers
12.1.11. Acrobat in a dancing scene
12.1.12. Dwarf in a dancing scene
12.1.13. Animal in a dancing scene
12.1.14. Dancers and/or clappers associated with a funeral, or with men dragging statues or jars of oil
12.1.15. Dancers and/or clappers in a marshland setting
12.1.16. Dancers and/or clappers in a scene of entertainers receiving rewards
12.2. Mww-dancers in a funeral scene (12) Thumbnail of 12.2. Mww-dancers in a funeral scene
12.2. Mww-dancers in a funeral scene
12.2. Mww-dancers in a funeral scene
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12.2.1. Mww-dancer wearing a tight knee-length kilt
12.2.2. Mww-dancer wearing a triangular knee-length kilt
12.2.3. Mww-dancer wearing a headpiece adorned with three papyrus umbels on upright stems
12.2.4. Mww-dancer wearing a headband adorned with three upright plumes
12.2.5. Mww-dancer wearing a conical-shaped hat bound tightly near its top
12.2.6. Mww-dancer with his fists placed side by side on his chest
12.2.7. Mww-dancer with his arms hanging, hands closed
12.2.8. Mww-dancer slightly raising and pointing his advanced foot
12.2.9. Mww-dancer with his feet flat on the ground
12.2.10. Mww-dancers accompanying a lector-priest reading from a scroll
12.2.11. Mww-dancers associated with men pulling a large object, probably on a sledge
12.2.12. Inscription identifying the funeral dancers as mww-dancers
12.3. Musician(s), with or without singers (11) Thumbnail of 12.3. Musician(s), with or without singers
12.3. Musician(s), with or without singers
12.3. Musician(s), with or without singers
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12.3.1. Musicians depicted without dancers in the same scene or composition
12.3.2. Musicians depicted with dancers in the same scene or composition
12.3.3. Musicians depicted in sub-registers
12.3.4. Musician playing a harp
12.3.5. Musician playing a long flute
12.3.6. Musician playing a short wind instrument (a single 'pipe')
12.3.7. Musician playing a double 'pipe'
12.3.8. Singer in a scene of musicians
12.3.9. Relative of the tomb owner depicted as a musician
12.3.10. Female musician
12.3.11. Animal associated with a scene of musicians
12.4. Lone musician entertaining workers (13) Thumbnail of 12.4. Lone musician entertaining workers
12.4. Lone musician entertaining workers
12.4. Lone musician entertaining workers
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12.4.1. Musician entertaining workers by playing a long flute
12.4.2. Musician entertaining workers by playing a short pipe
12.4.3. Musician depicted at the left or right end of a scene of workers
12.4.4. Worker responding to a musician's tune
12.4.5. Flute player holding his flute in front of his body
12.4.6. Flute player holding his flute diagonally across his body
12.4.7. Flute player with a cloth tied around his head, like a fillet
12.4.8. Flute player with his kilt-flap open for freedom of movement
12.4.9. Flute player with receding hair
12.4.10. Flute player entertaining workers as they harvest grain
12.4.11. Flute player entertaining workers as they harvest flax
12.4.12. Flute player entertaining herdsmen as they tend goats
12.4.13. Piper entertaining workers as they harvest grain
12.5. Lone musician playing an instrument on a boat (2) Thumbnail of 12.5. Lone musician playing an instrument on a boat
12.5. Lone musician playing an instrument on a boat
12.5. Lone musician playing an instrument on a boat
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12.5.1. Man standing at the bow of a sailing boat and sounding a trumpet
12.5.2. Attendant kneeling in a boat and beating a drum
12.6. Workers beating rhythms with resonant sticks (8) Thumbnail of 12.6. Workers beating rhythms with resonant sticks
12.6. Workers beating rhythms with resonant sticks
12.6. Workers beating rhythms with resonant sticks
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12.6.1. Field workers clicking sticks to hurry donkeys to a grain-harvest
12.6.2. Vintage workers clicking sticks to provide a rhythm for men treading grapes in a vat
12.6.3. Embalmer clicking sticks, perhaps to provide a rhythm for a funerary incantation
12.6.4. Two workers depicted face-to-face, clicking sticks
12.6.5. Two kneeling workers depicted face-to-face, clicking sticks
12.6.6. Resonant sticks used primarily for beating and prodding animals
12.6.7. Resonant sticks used primarily for creating rhythms
12.6.8. Man with his hand to his ear, listening to the rhythm of clicking sticks
12.7. Men or women clapping rhythms for movement (excluding dancing) (1) Thumbnail of 12.7. Men or women clapping rhythms for movement (excluding dancing)
12.7. Men or women clapping rhythms for movement (excluding dancing)
12.7. Men or women clapping rhythms for movement (excluding dancing)
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12.7.1. Man clapping to encourage a heavily laden donkey to leave a grain-harvest
12.8. A board-game called 'senet', or 'draughts' (10) Thumbnail of 12.8. A board-game called 'senet', or 'draughts'
12.8. A board-game called 'senet', or 'draughts'
12.8. A board-game called 'senet', or 'draughts'
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12.8.1. Major figure playing the board-game 'senet' with a minor figure
12.8.2. Two men depicted in a register on opposite sides of a 'senet' table
12.8.3. The board-game 'senet' associated with dancers, musicians and/or a banquet scene
12.8.4. The board-game 'senet' associated with the board-game 'mehen'
12.8.5. A game of 'senet' laid out on a low table
12.8.6. Alternating large and smaller gaming-pieces depicted on a 'senet' table
12.8.7. Women playing the board-game 'senet'
12.8.8. Men playing the board-game 'senet'
12.8.9. Virtual mirror-image representation of opposing 'senet' players
12.8.10. Inscriptions above a 'senet' table or the players
12.9. A board-game called 'mehen', or the 'snake game' (8) Thumbnail of 12.9. A board-game called 'mehen', or the 'snake game'
12.9. A board-game called 'mehen', or the 'snake game'
12.9. A board-game called 'mehen', or the 'snake game'
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12.9.1. Two men depicted in a register on opposite sides of a 'mehen' table
12.9.2. Four men depicted in a register, two on each side of a 'mehen' table
12.9.3. The board-game 'mehen' associated with dancers, musicians and/or a banquet scene
12.9.4. The board-game 'mehen' associated with the board-game 'senet'
12.9.5. Circular 'mehen' table depicted frontally with a projection on its edge
12.9.6. Men playing the board-game 'mehen'
12.9.7. Virtual mirror-image representation of opposing 'mehen' players
12.9.8. Inscriptions above the 'mehen' table or the players
12.10. Children's games (9) Thumbnail of 12.10. Children's games
12.10. Children's games
12.10. Children's games
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12.10.1. 'Prisoner game' played by boys
12.10.2. 'Fighting with sticks game' played by boys
12.10.3. 'Throwing sticks at a target game' played by boys
12.10.4. 'Linking arms game' played by boys
12.10.5. 'Basket game' played by boys or girls
12.10.6. 'Hurdling game' played by boys
12.10.7. 'Balancing game' played by boys
12.10.8. 'Piggy-back ride' played by boys
12.10.9. 'Cross-legged game' played by boys
Scene types Drawings Tombs
13.1. Bed or chair preparation and/or a bedroom scene (18) Thumbnail of 13.1. Bed or chair preparation and/or a bedroom scene
13.1. Bed or chair preparation and/or a bedroom scene
13.1. Bed or chair preparation and/or a bedroom scene
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13.1.1. Bed prepared for a tomb owner, including a bed in use in a conventional setting
13.1.2. Bed prepared on a boat
13.1.3. Tomb owner and his wife sitting face-to-face on a prepared bed
13.1.4. Bedroom defined behind a bed
13.1.5. Screen of slender poles to support a canopy surrounding a bed
13.1.6. Bedroom without a screen
13.1.7. Attendant standing by a bed and smoothing its cover
13.1.8. Attendant crawling on a bed and smoothing its cover
13.1.9. Attendant standing whilst carrying a headrest, or positioning it on a bed
13.1.10. Attendant crawling on a bed and positioning a headrest
13.1.11. Attendants depicted under a prepared bed
13.1.12. Overseer or senior attendant supervising bed preparation
13.1.13. Objects placed under a prepared bed
13.1.14. Objects placed near a prepared bed
13.1.15. Objects hanging from the poles of a screen surrounding a bed
13.1.16. Objects placed on a bed (excluding a headrest being positioned on a bed)
13.1.17. Objects carried into a bedroom (excluding long processions of attendants carrying objects)
13.1.18. Chair being prepared for a tomb owner
13.2. Hair-dressing scene (2) Thumbnail of 13.2. Hair-dressing scene
13.2. Hair-dressing scene
13.2. Hair-dressing scene
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13.2.1. Man receiving a coiffure (his natural hair or wig)
13.2.2. Male attendant adjusting the wig of a major figure
13.3. Face-examination scene (2) Thumbnail of 13.3. Face-examination scene
13.3. Face-examination scene
13.3. Face-examination scene
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13.3.1. Woman examining her face in a mirror
13.3.2. Mirror held by a woman to her face
13.4. Manicure scene (9) Thumbnail of 13.4. Manicure scene
13.4. Manicure scene
13.4. Manicure scene
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13.4.1. Manicurist seated as he works
13.4.2. Man receiving a manicure
13.4.3. Man receiving a manicure and a pedicure
13.4.4. Two manicurists treating one man
13.4.5. Manicurist using an oval-shaped object
13.4.6. Manicurist using a rectangular-shaped object
13.4.7. Manicurist using a wedge-shaped object
13.4.8. Manicurist's box depicted in a sub-register nearby
13.4.9. Boy attendant watching a manicurist at work
13.5. Pedicure scene (8) Thumbnail of 13.5. Pedicure scene
13.5. Pedicure scene
13.5. Pedicure scene
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13.5.1. Pedicurist seated as he works
13.5.2. Man receiving a pedicure
13.5.3. Man receiving a pedicure and a manicure
13.5.4. Two pedicurists treating one man
13.5.5. Pedicurist using an oval-shaped object
13.5.6. Pedicurist using a rectangular-shaped object
13.5.7. Pedicurist using a wedge-shaped object
13.5.8. Pedicurist's box depicted in a sub-register nearby
13.6. Massage scene (6) Thumbnail of 13.6. Massage scene
13.6. Massage scene
13.6. Massage scene
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13.6.1. Masseur seated as he works
13.6.2. Masseur and/or patient seated on cushions or mats
13.6.3. Masseur treating a man's back
13.6.4. Masseur treating a man's arm
13.6.5. Masseur treating a man's leg
13.6.6. Bowl of oil or a similar substance depicted beside a masseur
13.7. Shaving scene (10) Thumbnail of 13.7. Shaving scene
13.7. Shaving scene
13.7. Shaving scene
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13.7.1. Master barber supervising his team of barbers
13.7.2. Barber standing as he works
13.7.3. Barber seated as he works
13.7.4. Barber shaving hair from a client's beard
13.7.5. Barber shaving a client's pubic hair
13.7.6. Barber shaving hair from a client's scalp
13.7.7. Barber shaving hair from a client's leg
13.7.8. Barber using a short-handled razor
13.7.9. Barber using an oval-shaped object, possibly pumice
13.7.10. Naked boy or youth having hair removed from his body
13.8. Circumcision scene (5) Thumbnail of 13.8. Circumcision scene
13.8. Circumcision scene
13.8. Circumcision scene
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13.8.1. Naked boy possibly being prepared for circumcision
13.8.2. Seated practitioner treating a boy's penis, as if preparing the child for circumcision
13.8.3. Attendant holding the wrists of a boy, possibly during treatment prior to circumcision
13.8.4. Naked boy undergoing the act of circumcision
13.8.5. Seated practitioner cutting the foreskin of a boy's penis
13.9. Mouth-examination scene (2)
13.9.1. Man tipping his head back for an examination of his mouth or throat
13.9.2. Man with his mouth wide open for a medical or dental examination
Scene types Drawings Tombs
14.1. Craftsmen making weapons (6) Thumbnail of 14.1. Craftsmen making weapons
14.1. Craftsmen making weapons
14.1. Craftsmen making weapons
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14.1.1. Bows fashioned by craftsmen
14.1.2. Arrows fashioned by craftsmen
14.1.3. Arrows neatly stacked
14.1.4. Quivers neatly stacked
14.1.5. Craftsmen using adzes to fashion weapons
14.1.6. Craftsmen sawing wood to use for making weapons
14.2. Siege scene (18) Thumbnail of 14.2. Siege scene
14.2. Siege scene
14.2. Siege scene
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14.2.1. Walled settlement under attack
14.2.2. Scaling ladder leaning against a settlement's wall
14.2.3. Long-handled axes used in combat
14.2.4. Short staffs used in combat
14.2.5. Stones used in combat
14.2.6. Bows and arrows used in combat
14.2.7. Quivers carried by archers
14.2.8. Ramming poles used to breach a settlement's walls
14.2.9. Mattocks used to breach a settlement's walls
14.2.10. Axes used to breach a settlement's walls
14.2.11. Soldiers in armed combat
14.2.12. Women in a besieged settlement
14.2.13. Children in a besieged settlement
14.2.14. Elders in a besieged settlement
14.2.15. Besieged settlers entering a shelter
14.2.16. Domesticated animals driven into a shelter
14.2.17. Prisoners led away by their captors
14.2.18. Domesticated animals taken as booty
14.3. Soldiers marching or jogging to a battlefield (1) Thumbnail of 14.3. Soldiers marching or jogging to a battlefield
14.3. Soldiers marching or jogging to a battlefield
14.3. Soldiers marching or jogging to a battlefield
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14.3.1. Archers approaching a battlefield
14.4. Wrestling, perhaps as part of army training (4) Thumbnail of 14.4. Wrestling, perhaps as part of army training
14.4. Wrestling, perhaps as part of army training
14.4. Wrestling, perhaps as part of army training
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14.4.1. Naked youthful wrestlers
14.4.2. Pairs of wrestlers in varying postures
14.4.3. Wrestlers with sidelocks
14.4.4. Named wrestlers
Scene types Drawings Tombs
15.1. River journey by boat, perhaps representing a pilgrimage to and/or from a sacred place (14) Thumbnail of 15.1. River journey by boat, perhaps representing a pilgrimage to and/or from a sacred place
15.1. River journey by boat, perhaps representing a pilgrimage to and/or from a sacred place
15.1. River journey by boat, perhaps representing a pilgrimage to and/or from a sacred place
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15.1.1. Journey by boat via the western canal, and similar scenes, with few or no inscriptions
15.1.2. Journey by boat to perform the 'pulling papyrus' ceremony
15.1.3. Tomb owner on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.4. Relative of the tomb owner on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.5. Servant plucking a goose or duck on a boat or overboard
15.1.6. Servant leaning over the side of a boat to fill a container with river water
15.1.7. Sailor or boy drinking from a jar on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.8. Pet animal depicted on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.9. Bed on a boat, being prepared by an attendant
15.1.10. Long-handled sunshade depicted on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.11. Hedgehog-headed prow on a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.12. 'Anchor' depicted in the bow of a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.13. Fauna or flora depicted on or below the river's surface, beneath a boat under sail or rowed
15.1.14. Sailors or servants in sub-registers accompanying a boat under sail or rowed
15.2. Statue or statues conveyed by boat to a tomb (5) Thumbnail of 15.2. Statue or statues conveyed by boat to a tomb
15.2. Statue or statues conveyed by boat to a tomb
15.2. Statue or statues conveyed by boat to a tomb
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15.2.1. Statues conveyed to a tomb on a wooden boat with a billowing sail
15.2.2. Sailor at the bow of a boat with his arm extended forward to guide the oarsmen
15.2.3. Two men working the rudder oars of a boat
15.2.4. Thurifer offering incense to a statue on a boat
15.2.5. Boat with four standing statues on board
15.3. Statue or statues conveyed by sledge to a tomb (18) Thumbnail of 15.3. Statue or statues conveyed by sledge to a tomb
15.3. Statue or statues conveyed by sledge to a tomb
15.3. Statue or statues conveyed by sledge to a tomb
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15.3.1. Standing statue of a tomb owner conveyed on a sledge
15.3.2. Seated statue of a tomb owner conveyed on a sledge
15.3.3. Shrine enclosing a statue of a tomb owner conveyed on a sledge
15.3.4. Double statues sharing the same plinth, shrine or sledge
15.3.5. Man at the back of a sledge, supporting a shrine or statue with his hands
15.3.6. Man pouring water in front of a statue-sledge, to compact the sand
15.3.7. Man offering incense to a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.8. Priest escorting a statue conveyed on a sledge (but not offering incense)
15.3.9. Officiant carrying a purification jar for a ceremony associated with a statue on a sledge
15.3.10. Officials passively escorting a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.11. Relative of a tomb owner associated with a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.12. Group of haulers conveying a statue on a sledge
15.3.13. Repeated groups of haulers, each group conveying a statue on a sledge
15.3.14. Oxen hauling a statue on a sledge
15.3.15. Dancers and/or clappers accompanying a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.16. Butchery, carcases or overthrowing an ox depicted near a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.17. Food offerings in sub-registers or registers near a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.3.18. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of a statue conveyed on a sledge
15.4. Ceremonies in front of a statue, before or after its transportation (16) Thumbnail of 15.4. Ceremonies in front of a statue, before or after its transportation
15.4. Ceremonies in front of a statue, before or after its transportation
15.4. Ceremonies in front of a statue, before or after its transportation
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15.4.1. Statue of the deceased depicted as a plump man
15.4.2. Statue of the deceased in a shrine with open doors
15.4.3. Real statues of the deceased in a serdab
15.4.4. Statues of the deceased painted on the walls of a serdab
15.4.5. Statue of the deceased depicted as if on the roof of his tomb
15.4.6. Sub-registers associated with the deceased's statue
15.4.7. Priests in front of a statue
15.4.8. Officials in front of a statue
15.4.9. Man offering incense to a statue
15.4.10. Man offering a leg of beef to a statue
15.4.11. Man sacrificing a goose or a duck in front of a statue
15.4.12. Men offering food to a statue
15.4.13. Food offerings depicted near a statue
15.4.14. Butchers sacrificing an ox in front of a statue
15.4.15. Male or female dancers performing a funerary dance in front of a statue
15.4.16. Inscription(s) associated with individuals performing various ceremonies in front of a statue
15.5. Jars of oil or wine conveyed by sledge to a tomb (19) Thumbnail of 15.5. Jars of oil or wine conveyed by sledge to a tomb
15.5. Jars of oil or wine conveyed by sledge to a tomb
15.5. Jars of oil or wine conveyed by sledge to a tomb
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15.5.1. Jars of oil conveyed on a sledge
15.5.2. Jars of wine conveyed on a sledge
15.5.3. Different types of jars depicted on the same sledge
15.5.4. Two jars conveyed on a sledge
15.5.5. Three jars conveyed on a sledge
15.5.6. Four jars conveyed on a sledge
15.5.7. Jars on a sledge supported within a frame
15.5.8. Jars on a sledge supported by criss-crossed ropes
15.5.9. Jars on a sledge supported by a rack
15.5.10. Jars at their destination, on the ground
15.5.11. Man at the back of a sledge, supporting a jar with his hands
15.5.12. Man pouring water in front of a sledge, to compact the sand
15.5.13. Man offering incense in front of a sledge
15.5.14. Group of haulers conveying jars on a sledge to a tomb
15.5.15. Repeated groups of haulers conveying jars on a sledge to a tomb
15.5.16. Man in front of the haulers, perhaps shouting directions as they pull a sledge loaded with jars
15.5.17. Male dancers in front of a group of haulers pulling a sledge loaded with jars
15.5.18. Scene of jars conveyed on a sledge associated with a register filled with a line of large jars
15.5.19. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of haulers conveying jars of oil or wine on a sledge
15.6. Tall chests conveyed by sledge to a tomb, or set down (chapel decoration only) (15) Thumbnail of 15.6. Tall chests conveyed by sledge to a tomb, or set down (chapel decoration only)
15.6. Tall chests conveyed by sledge to a tomb, or set down (chapel decoration only)
15.6. Tall chests conveyed by sledge to a tomb, or set down (chapel decoration only)
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15.6.1. One chest conveyed on a sledge hauled by a group of men
15.6.2. Two chests conveyed on a sledge hauled by a group of men
15.6.3. Three chests conveyed on a sledge hauled by a group of men
15.6.4. Three chests, each conveyed on its own sledge but hauled by one group of men
15.6.5. Chest at its destination, on the ground or still on a sledge
15.6.6. Chest with stylized feathers on its lid
15.6.7. Chest with no feathers on its lid
15.6.8. Chest with decorative binding
15.6.9. Chest with its lid covered or tied with ribbon slanting outwards on both sides
15.6.10. Man at the back of the sledge, supporting one of the chests with his hand
15.6.11. Man pouring water in front of a sledge, to compact the sand
15.6.12. Group of haulers conveying tall chests on a sledge to a tomb
15.6.13. Repeated groups of haulers conveying tall chests on a sledge to a tomb
15.6.14. Inscription revealing that tall chests contain items of food
15.6.15. Inscription(s) associated with a scene of haulers conveying tall chests on a sledge
15.7. Mummification and funeral procedures (21) Thumbnail of 15.7. Mummification and funeral procedures
15.7. Mummification and funeral procedures
15.7. Mummification and funeral procedures
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15.7.1. Male and/or female mourners in a funeral scene (literal expressions of mourning only)
15.7.2. Carrying the coffin from the deceased's house to the river bank
15.7.3. Ferrying the coffin to the purification tent (ibw)
15.7.4. Carrying the coffin to the purification tent (ibw)
15.7.5. The purification tent (ibw)
15.7.6. Rituals in front of the purification tent (ibw)
15.7.7. Carrying the coffin to the place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.8. Ferrying the coffin to the place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.9. The place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.10. Rituals in front of, or inside, the place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.11. Carrying the coffin out of the place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.12. Ferrying the coffin away from the place of mummification (wabet)
15.7.13. The journey to Sais
15.7.14. Transporting the coffin to the deceased's tomb
15.7.15. The deceased's tomb
15.7.16. Rituals in front of the deceased's tomb
15.7.17. Coffin of the deceased depicted in a funeral scene
15.7.18. Drt-figure depicted in a funeral scene
15.7.19. Mummy depicted on a boat
15.7.20. Newly manufactured sarcophagus transported from a quarry
15.7.21. Sarcophagi depicted as a frieze in the decoration of a tomb

Sites & Cemeteries

Below is a list of Sites and Cemeteries listed in a geographical (North-to-South) order. An abbreviated name for each cemetery has also been listed as this is used in various places throughout the database. You can query the database for a list of tombs located in a particular site or cemetery by clicking on either the site name or cemetery links name respectively.

Site Cemetery Cemetery abbreviated
Western Cemetery M West. Cem. M
South Field SF
Abu Ghurab
South Saqqara, North-east of the Pyramid of Pepy II NEPPII
South Saqqara, East of the Pyramid of Pepy II EPII
Cemetery unknown, Sacred Animal Complexes, Saqqara SAC
Southern Pyramid of Snefru SPS
East of the Southern Pyramid of Snefru ESPS
Cemetery unknown, Dahshur Dah. unknown
East of the Maidum Pyramid EMP
Gebel el-Teir
Northern Cemetery B Cem. B
Central Cemetery C Cem. C
Abydos

Dates

Below is a list of abbreviated dates and full description as used throughout the database. The dates have been listed in chronological order.

Abbreviation Full Description
III.2 Dynasty III, Zoser
IIIL-IV.1 Late Dynasty III to Dynasty IV, Snefru
IV.1E-M Dynasty IV, Early to Middle Snefru
IV.1M Dynasty IV, Middle Snefru
IV.1 Dynasty IV, Snefru
IV.1L Dynasty IV, Late Snefru
IV.1-2? Dynasty IV, Snefru to Khufu?
IV.2 Dynasty IV, Khufu
IV.2-3 Dynasty IV, Khufu to Djedefre
IV.2-4 Dynasty IV, Khufu to Khafre
IV.3-4 Dynasty IV, Djedefre to Khafre
IV.4 Dynasty IV, Khafre
IV.4-5 Dynasty IV, Khafre to Menkaure
IV.4-6 Dynasty IV, Khafre to Shepseskaf
IV.5 Dynasty IV, Menkaure
IV.6 Dynasty IV, Shepseskaf
IV.6-V.1 Dynasty IV, Shepseskaf to Dynasty V, Userkaf
IV.6-V.1? Dynasty IV, Shepseskaf to Dynasty V, Userkaf?
V.1 Dynasty V, Userkaf
V.1-2 Dynasty V, Userkaf to Sahure
V.1-3 Dynasty V, Userkaf to Neferirkare
V.1-3? Dynasty V, Userkaf to Neferirkare?
V.1-5 Dynasty V, Userkaf to Neferefre
V.1-6? Dynasty V, Userkaf to Neuserre?
V.2 Dynasty V, Sahure
V.2? Dynasty V, Sahure?
V.2-3 Dynasty V, Sahure to Neferirkare
V.2-4 Dynasty V, Sahure to Shepseskare
V.2-5 Dynasty V, Sahure to Neferefre
V.2-6 Dynasty V, Sahure to Neuserre
V.2-6 r/u V.9-VI.1-2 Dynasty V, Sahure to Neuserre, re-used Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Teti to Pepy I
V.2-6? Dynasty V, Sahure to Neuserre?
V.3 Dynasty V, Neferirkare
V.3-5? Dynasty V, Neferirkare to Neferefre?
V.3-6 Dynasty V, Neferirkare to Neuserre
V.4 Dynasty V, Shepseskare
V.5 Dynasty V, Neferefre
V.5-6? Dynasty V, Neferefre to Neuserre?
V.6 Dynasty V, Neuserre
V.6 r/u V.7 Dynasty V, Neuserre, re-used Dynasty V, Menkauhor
V.6? Dynasty V, Neuserre?
V.6-7 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Menkauhor
V.6L-7 Dynasty V, Late Neuserre to Menkauhor
V.6-8E Dynasty V, Neuserre to Early Djedkare
V.6-8 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Djedkare
V.6-8? Dynasty V, Neuserre to Djedkare?
V.6L-8E Dynasty V, Late Neuserre to Early Djedkare
V.6L-8 Dynasty V, Late Neuserre to Djedkare
V.6-9 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Unis
V.6-9? Dynasty V, Neuserre to Unis?
V.6-VI.1 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Dynasty VI, Teti
V.6-VI.1? Dynasty V, Neuserre to Dynasty VI, Teti?
V.6-VI.2 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Dynastry VI, Pepy I
V.6-VI.3 Dynasty V, Neuserre to Dynasty VI, Merenre
V.6-VI Dynasty V, Neuserre to Dynasty VI
V Dynasty V
V? Dynasty V?
V.7 Dynasty V, Menkauhor
V.7? Dynasty V, Menkauhor?
V.7-8E Dynasty V, Menkauhor to Early Djedkare
V.7-8 Dynasty V, Menkauhor to Djedkare
V.7-9E Dynasty V, Menkauhor to Early Unis
V.8E Dynasty V, Early Djedkare
V.8M Dynasty V, Middle Djedkare
V.8 Dynasty V, Djedkare
V.8M-L Dynasty V, Middle to Late Djedkare
V.8-9E Dynasty V, Djedkare to Early Unis
V.8-9M Dynasty V, Djedkare to Middle Unis
V.8-9 Dynasty V, Djedkare to Unis
V.8-9? Dynasty V, Djedkare to Unis?
V.8L-9E Dynasty V, Late Djedkare to Early Unis
V.8L-9 Dynasty V, Late Djedkare to Unis
V.8-VI.1 Dynasty V, Djedkare to Dynasty VI, Teti
V.8-VI.1? Dynasty V, Djedkare to Dynasty VI, Teti?
V.8-VI.2 Dynasty V, Djedkare to Dynasty VI, Pepy I
V.9 Dynasty V, Unis
V.9 r/u VI.1-2E? Dynasty V, Unis, re-used Dynasty VI, Teti to Early Pepy I?
V.9 r/u VI.4-6 Dynasty V, Unis, re-used Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-85
V.9? Dynasty V, Unis?
V.9M-L Dynasty V, Middle to Late Unis
V.9L Dynasty V, Late Unis
V.9-VI.1E Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Early Teti
V.9-VI.1M Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Middle Teti
V.9-VI.1 Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Teti
V.9-VI.1? Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Teti?
V.9M-VI.1 Dynasty V, Middle Unis to Dynasty VI, Teti
V.9-VI.1-2 Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Teti to Pepy I
V.9-VI.2 Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Pepy I
V.9-VI.2? Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Pepy I?
V.9-VI.3? Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Merenre?
V.9-VI.4 Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-34
V.9-VI Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI
V.9-VI? Dynasty V, Unis to Dynasty VI?
V-VI Dynasty V to Dynasty VI
V-VI? Dynasty V to Dynasty VI?
VI.1E-M Dynasty VI, Early to Middle Teti
VI.1M Dynasty VI, Middle Teti
VI.1M? Dynasty VI, Middle Teti?
VI.1 Dynasty VI, Teti
VI.1? Dynasty VI, Teti?
VI.1M-L Dynasty VI, Middle to Late Teti
VI.1L Dynasty VI, Late Teti
VI.1M-2M Dynasty VI, Middle Teti to Middle Pepy I
VI.1-2E? Dynasty VI, Teti to Early Pepy I?
VI.1-2M Dynasty VI, Teti to Middle Pepy I
VI.1-2 Dynasty VI, Teti to Pepy I
VI.1-2? Dynasty VI, Teti to Pepy I?
VI.1L-2E Dynasty VI, Late Teti to Early Pepy I
VI.1-3 Dynasty VI, Teti to Merenre
VI.1-3? Dynasty VI, Teti to Merenre?
VI.1-4 Dynasty VI, Teti to Pepy II, Years 1-34
VI.2E Dynasty VI, Early Pepy I
VI.2E? Dynasty VI, Early Pepy I?
VI.2E-M? Dynasty VI, Early to Middle Pepy I?
VI.2M Dynasty VI, Middle Pepy I
VI.2 Dynasty VI, Pepy I
VI.2? Dynasty VI, Pepy I?
VI.2M-L Dynasty VI, Middle to Late Pepy I
VI.2L Dynasty VI, Late Pepy I
VI.2M-3? Dynasty VI, Middle Pepy I to Merenre?
VI.2L-3 Dynasty VI, Late Pepy I to Merenre
VI.2-4E Dynasty VI, Pepy I to Pepy II, Years 1-17
VI.2L-4E Dynasty VI, Late Pepy I to Pepy II, Years 1-17
VI.2-4 Dynasty VI, Pepy I to Pepy II, Years 1-34
VI.2-4? Dynasty VI, Pepy I to Pepy II, Years 1-34?
VI.2-6? Dynasty VI, Pepy I to Pepy II, Years 55-85?
VI.3-4E Dynasty VI, Merenre to Pepy II, Years 1-17
VI.3-4E? Dynasty VI, Merenre to Pepy II, Years 1-17?
VI.3-4 Dynasty VI, Merenre to Pepy II, Years 1-34
VI.3-4? Dynasty VI, Merenre to Pepy II, Years 1-34?
VI.3-6? Dynasty VI, Merenre to Pepy II, Years 55-85?
VI Dynasty VI
VI? Dynasty VI?
VI.4E Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-17
VI.4 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-34
VI.4? Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-34?
VI.4L Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 18-34
VI.4-5 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-54
VI.4-5? Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-54?
VI.4-6 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-85
VI.4-7 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 1-Late Dynasty VI
VI.5 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 35-54
VI.5? Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 35-54?
VI.5-6E Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 35-70
VI.5-6 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 35-85
VI.5-6? Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 35-85?
VI.6 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 55-85
VI.6-7 Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 55-Late Dynasty VI
VI.6-7? Dynasty VI, Pepy II, Years 55-Late Dynasty VI?
VI.7 Late Dynasty VI
VI.7? Late Dynasty VI?
VI.7L End of Dynasty VI to Dynasty VIII
VI.7-FIP Late Dynasty VI to the First Intermediate Period
VI.7L-FIP End of Dynasty VI to the First Intermediate Period

Map

The following map shows areas containing tombs in the database.

Map of Egypt with site names

List of areas with tombs

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  • Abu Ghurab
  • Western Cemetery F; Western Cemetery M; Western Cemetery H
  • North-east and East of the Pyramid of Neuserre; Abusir South; Cemetery unknown, Abusir
  • Abydos
  • Beni Hasan
  • Southern Pyramid of Snefru; East of the Northern Pyramid of Snefru; East of the Southern Pyramid of Snefru; Cemetery unknown, Dahshur
  • Northern Cemetery; Southern Cemetery
  • Dendera
  • Deshasha
  • el-Hagarsa
  • el-Hammamiya
  • el-Hawawish
  • el-Khokha
  • el-Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris
  • el-Qasr wa-’l-Saiyad
  • Gebel el-Teir
  • West Field; East Field; Cemetery GIS; Central Field; Menkaure Cemetery; South Field; Cemetery unknown, Giza
  • Far Northern Cemetery; Northern Cemetery; East of the Maidum Pyramid; Southern Cemetery
  • Far Northern Cemetery A; Northern Cemetery B; Central Cemetery C; Southern Cemetery D; Far Southern Cemetery E
  • Nag‘ el-Deir
  • Provenance unknown
  • Qubbet el-Hawa
  • Quseir el-Amarna
  • North of the Step Pyramid; Around the Teti Pyramid; East of the Step Pyramid; West of the Step Pyramid; Around the Pyramid-Complex of Unis; Between the Monastery of Apa Jeremias and the Enclosure of Sekhemkhet; South Saqqara, West of the Pyramid of Pepy I; South Saqqara, North-east of the Pyramid of Pepy II; South Saqqara, East of the Pyramid of Pepy II; Cemetery unknown, Sacred Animal Complexes, Saqqara; Cemetery unknown, Saqqara
  • Sheikh Farag
  • Sheikh Said
  • Tihna
  • Zawyet el-Maiyetin