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PLEASANT HOURS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Puyemre's a scene 0f presentation (No. 2) over which two seated figures preside,
farm and ° *
garden as in Plate IX.
Some of the fragments of the garden still show bright and pleasant
coloring, in spite of their subjection to fire. Only date-palms and syca-
mores carrying yellow fruit are shown, ranged symmetrically round the
central pool, the stiffness being somewhat modified by the crookedness
and bifurcation of the trunks which one sees in neglected palm trees.
The pride of the owner in his garden, of which there is no outward sign
here, is revealed in the text attached to the similar scene in the tomb
of Anena, who records the names of twenty varieties of trees which he
planted there and the number of each.1
Histilled No tilled fields are visible; but, as scenes of agriculture are intro-
fields
duced into the lower picture without apparent relevance, they probably
are meant to provide this missing feature in Puyemre's homestead, and
may be briefly noticed here (Plate XXVIII). Only the feet of the usual
presiding figure remain.2 Owing to the lack of space, the episodes have
to be depicted very succinctly. Nevertheless, the dignity of the pro-
prietor demands that the escort which brought him to the spot shall not
be omitted. It consists of a pair of horses and a chariot (?), with four
attendants. The former of these carries a bow in its case, a quiver sus-
pended from his shoulders, and the gauntlet for the bowman's left wrist;
for the chariot is still regarded as essentially an equipage for war or sport.3
The others carry staff and sash (?), sandals, and a bag of requisites.
The tillage begins with the hacking up of the ground by hand if the
land is still too moist for draught-cattle. Otherwise, the plough does
the work, attended by the ploughman at the stilts and the driver by the
side of the cows. The bailiff, Yahmosy, is of such importance that his
1 Wreszinski, Atlas, 60. For gardens laid out round central ponds see Wilkinson, M. and C, I, pp.
282, 366, 36g, 377 (Tomb 63); Tombs 85 and 96 A; Tomb g3; Wreszinski, Atlas, 3, 92. The large colored
fragment of palms above the pond was transferred to the Cairo collection at a time when there seemed
no hope of finding its location.
2 The sandals on Puyemre's feet suggest that the figure is original, and that we may have been in error
in replacing here two slabs, showing a clumsily restored figure down to the waist (the inscription above it
being lost). See p. 24.
3For the chariot as a riding-carriage for gentlemen, see Vol. II, p. 63, Tombs 49, 5i, 57, 69, 75,
80, that of Paheri at El Kab, and those of El Amarna.
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Puyemre's a scene 0f presentation (No. 2) over which two seated figures preside,
farm and ° *
garden as in Plate IX.
Some of the fragments of the garden still show bright and pleasant
coloring, in spite of their subjection to fire. Only date-palms and syca-
mores carrying yellow fruit are shown, ranged symmetrically round the
central pool, the stiffness being somewhat modified by the crookedness
and bifurcation of the trunks which one sees in neglected palm trees.
The pride of the owner in his garden, of which there is no outward sign
here, is revealed in the text attached to the similar scene in the tomb
of Anena, who records the names of twenty varieties of trees which he
planted there and the number of each.1
Histilled No tilled fields are visible; but, as scenes of agriculture are intro-
fields
duced into the lower picture without apparent relevance, they probably
are meant to provide this missing feature in Puyemre's homestead, and
may be briefly noticed here (Plate XXVIII). Only the feet of the usual
presiding figure remain.2 Owing to the lack of space, the episodes have
to be depicted very succinctly. Nevertheless, the dignity of the pro-
prietor demands that the escort which brought him to the spot shall not
be omitted. It consists of a pair of horses and a chariot (?), with four
attendants. The former of these carries a bow in its case, a quiver sus-
pended from his shoulders, and the gauntlet for the bowman's left wrist;
for the chariot is still regarded as essentially an equipage for war or sport.3
The others carry staff and sash (?), sandals, and a bag of requisites.
The tillage begins with the hacking up of the ground by hand if the
land is still too moist for draught-cattle. Otherwise, the plough does
the work, attended by the ploughman at the stilts and the driver by the
side of the cows. The bailiff, Yahmosy, is of such importance that his
1 Wreszinski, Atlas, 60. For gardens laid out round central ponds see Wilkinson, M. and C, I, pp.
282, 366, 36g, 377 (Tomb 63); Tombs 85 and 96 A; Tomb g3; Wreszinski, Atlas, 3, 92. The large colored
fragment of palms above the pond was transferred to the Cairo collection at a time when there seemed
no hope of finding its location.
2 The sandals on Puyemre's feet suggest that the figure is original, and that we may have been in error
in replacing here two slabs, showing a clumsily restored figure down to the waist (the inscription above it
being lost). See p. 24.
3For the chariot as a riding-carriage for gentlemen, see Vol. II, p. 63, Tombs 49, 5i, 57, 69, 75,
80, that of Paheri at El Kab, and those of El Amarna.
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