. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. -hotep, a nomarch under Amenerabet I. In the tomb-cliamber were twoplant-columns (unfortunately broken); the wall-paintings are interestingbut sadly faded. On the rear wall appear soldiers and a caravan ofI-iibyans, with their wives and childrea and herds, who visited the pro-vince of the deceased ; the men are distinguished by the ostrich-feathersin their hair, the women carry their children in baskets on their backs.— Tomb lb, though unfinished, is interesting, as the process of hollowingout the tomb-chamber may be traced. The pavement in the f
. Egypt and the Sûdân; handbook for travellers. -hotep, a nomarch under Amenerabet I. In the tomb-cliamber were twoplant-columns (unfortunately broken); the wall-paintings are interestingbut sadly faded. On the rear wall appear soldiers and a caravan ofI-iibyans, with their wives and childrea and herds, who visited the pro-vince of the deceased ; the men are distinguished by the ostrich-feathersin their hair, the women carry their children in baskets on their backs.— Tomb lb, though unfinished, is interesting, as the process of hollowingout the tomb-chamber may be traced. The pavement in the front of thechamber is not fully excavated; and at the back are ten clustered columnswith bud-capitals, of which five (still unlinishedj remain. — Tomb 21,of Jffakht, nomarch of the gazelle-nome under the 12th Dyn., resemblesNo. 15 (p. 228) in its arrangement. — Tomb 23, of Neternakht, nomarch ofthe K. districts, with uninteresting wall-paintings; on the E. wall is aCoptic inscription. — Tomb 27, of Jiemiishenti, nomarch of the gazelle-. ^^® .*>,//>
Size: 1318px × 1896px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublishernewyorkcscribnerss
