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SPORT ON THE WATER
this might transfer momentary honor to the vanquished, and it is to be
feared that chivalry was rare in those days.
The harpoon is here colored red. The missing head is yellow (hard
wood or bronze ?) in Tomb 82, perhaps blue in Tomb 85. This barb was
loosely fixed in the end of the long shaft and attached to it only by a
cord or thong (white) which ran up the whole length, crossed over a
The hippo-
potamus hunt
Some details
of it
FIGURE 1
SPEARING HIPPOPOTAMUS —TOMB OF AMENEMHAB
fork at the upper end, passed down the other side for some distance and
so into the left hand of the hunter.1 Thus, when the stricken beast
dived, the wooden shaft floated off and could be recovered, though the
prey was securely held. The line was kept free from entanglement by
this device; for several yards of it ran out before the jerk came on the
hand.
The inscription overhead runs "Puyemre, etc., proceeding to har-
1 For the correctness of this description, and the way in which the cords end in the hand, compare
the accompanying cut from Tomb 85. We can see the white cord returning to the hand of the sportsman,
and the tassel which prevents it running out of his hand without warning is between his fingers. The barbs
of three other lines are already fixed in the snout of the animal (just showing to the left in the original).
The text is too faint to be fully recovered. Another design, which resembles ours is given in Wreszinski,
Atlas, Fig. 77. Its boat with recurving prow and square-cut stem may be that of our picture too, though
an out of date type. An attendant was probably pictured above the animal, and the hands with spear and
cord which I have allotted to the son in the next scene should be transferred to him.
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this might transfer momentary honor to the vanquished, and it is to be
feared that chivalry was rare in those days.
The harpoon is here colored red. The missing head is yellow (hard
wood or bronze ?) in Tomb 82, perhaps blue in Tomb 85. This barb was
loosely fixed in the end of the long shaft and attached to it only by a
cord or thong (white) which ran up the whole length, crossed over a
The hippo-
potamus hunt
Some details
of it
FIGURE 1
SPEARING HIPPOPOTAMUS —TOMB OF AMENEMHAB
fork at the upper end, passed down the other side for some distance and
so into the left hand of the hunter.1 Thus, when the stricken beast
dived, the wooden shaft floated off and could be recovered, though the
prey was securely held. The line was kept free from entanglement by
this device; for several yards of it ran out before the jerk came on the
hand.
The inscription overhead runs "Puyemre, etc., proceeding to har-
1 For the correctness of this description, and the way in which the cords end in the hand, compare
the accompanying cut from Tomb 85. We can see the white cord returning to the hand of the sportsman,
and the tassel which prevents it running out of his hand without warning is between his fingers. The barbs
of three other lines are already fixed in the snout of the animal (just showing to the left in the original).
The text is too faint to be fully recovered. Another design, which resembles ours is given in Wreszinski,
Atlas, Fig. 77. Its boat with recurving prow and square-cut stem may be that of our picture too, though
an out of date type. An attendant was probably pictured above the animal, and the hands with spear and
cord which I have allotted to the son in the next scene should be transferred to him.
5i