Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 281.—Spoon, \v ood. At New York. in glazed ware is another spoon found in 1913 in theOxford excavations at Merawi. This dates from^about the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. The figure ofthe swimming girl is almost identical with that just PERFUME SPOONS. 31S. -!&•>- described (fig. 281), but the arrangement of the hair is sHghtly different. It is brushed back close to the head and then arranged in a large knot behind ; her outstretched arms support an oblong tray. The details of t
Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in EgyptFor the use of students and travellers . Fig. 281.—Spoon, \v ood. At New York. in glazed ware is another spoon found in 1913 in theOxford excavations at Merawi. This dates from^about the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. The figure ofthe swimming girl is almost identical with that just PERFUME SPOONS. 31S. -!&•>- described (fig. 281), but the arrangement of the hair is sHghtly different. It is brushed back close to the head and then arranged in a large knot behind ; her outstretched arms support an oblong tray. The details of the tiny figure are perfectly rendered. The ears pierced for earrings, the slender hands and fingers, the fingers and toes all bear close the Louvre there is also a girl (fig. 282) partly concealed among the lotus plants, from which she is gathering a bud. A bundle of stems, from which two full-blown flowers emerge, unite the handle to the bowl of the spoon, which in this case is reversed, the pointed end being attached to the handle. In another the girl is framed by two flowering stems,and is playing on a long-necked lute asshe walks (fig. 283), or, again, the musicianis standing on a boat (fig. 284), or herplace is taken by a woman bearing offer-ings. Sometimes a slave is representedbending under the weight of an enormoussack. The physiogn
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