Davies, Norman de Garis: The tomb of Nakht at Thebes (New York, 1917)

CONTENTS

PAGE

THE TOMB OF NAKHT—Continued

Provision for the Dead (North wall). Careless execution of
the scenes of ritual; consecration of food to the use of the
dead...............53

Family Intercourse (West wall: south side). Even the dead
enjoy social intercourse; description of the upper scene; the
lower scene; the musical instruments; the deceased pair and
their pet cat.............55

Labor in the Fields (East wall: south side) Egyptian love
of outdoor life; arrangement of the scene; initial labors;
ploughing and sowing; reaping; winnowing; the deity of
harvest..............60

The Gifts of Nature (West wall: north side). Produce of
the fen-lands; reasons for introducing the scene; the compo-
sition; the inscriptions; the scene described; an erasure; the
scene of vintage; the use of the fowling-net; recapitulation . 66

INDEX...............73

xv