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Themes & Scenes
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.
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| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream
1.7. Cattle fording a canal or stream
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| 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 |
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) |
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 |
1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers
1.11. Papyrus gatherers and carriers
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| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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) |
1.23. Fish-bearer(s)
1.23. Fish-bearer(s)
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| 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 |
1.25. Mat-making scene
1.25. Mat-making scene
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| 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 |
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 |
1.28. Drying a fishing net after use
1.28. Drying a fishing net after use
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| 2.1. Desert-hunt or desert-landscape scene (43) |
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 |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 4.1. Fighting bulls (19) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 5.1. Gathering fruit from trees (12) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 6.1. Hoeing, to prepare or maintain a garden (3) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 7.1. Bird-procession scene (15) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 8.1. Gathering grapes or dates (17) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 9.1. Disembowelling and/or skinning an animal (19) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 10.1. Carpentry (excluding boat building) (37) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 |
10.7. Pottery making
10.7. Pottery making
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| 10.8. Seal engraving (5) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 11.1. Market scene (8) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 12.1. Dancers, with or without clappers (16) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 13.1. Bed or chair preparation and/or a bedroom scene (18) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 |
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| 14.1. Craftsmen making weapons (6) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 | ||
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| 15.1. River journey by boat, perhaps representing a pilgrimage to and/or from a sacred place (14) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
List of areas with tombs
Click the name of an area below to query the database for a list of tombs containing scenes from the database.
- 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