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ABOT 3500 Y !
The ict inostnff e. : 1!fe in Sgypt thousends of yeira ago when
Thebeo waa its Metropolis and mistrens of the univorro. Tho Qoddens
Kataor,«noerin,-> in the fon> of a oo«, is 8*<m in a riohlir cenepiei
br,rk surroandRi hy panyroa reeie, faelnR a t,ehle oi offoiia- •. r
the head of the Gcddees stands the oeified Keh-hanet-da kentuheten, s
k\ng of tho XI Dynosty. oevan figares, led by Xanef*r(Tcha-nsfer;,
aporeach with hcnahea of rrapes and flowers and arc ahout to oerforra an
act of vaneration. Their nar^s and a nrayer for long life and han i ner••
are fnvon'iR the-ten ingUters cf 1 iero?ly>hice. * Tho nictu,re is oainted
i« rineral pi^ » ite #a imhlo': 1 inen, anr’, BCasnrti 13 by 13 inches.
^lring the Sflll Dynaaty, to which period ^^belonga, it eridently hm
in the Hathor shrine, for in the trmer -elva^e soiae of the auspending
strihg still remains intaot. The paint^ork has fortnnately bnon '.>r«r«rved
in all itf?• 'reshneos hy the accidental cverlo/noing of pertr. of ?"olva>oo
in the forsn' of a feolscnn,- as will he noticed by the worn croases
dia-nnally riain - : rom the hottor;: comers:.. Thus foldcd probably at the
.tive tht sanotuary was dfspo&li rythic# rs&dc of c:- 1 •' asl prselavs
. stoneh, wood-work and textilos wero either ch-ntitsyod or thrc-wn -ov;ay as
hav ? rinsic valne. Cwlnfe to thi ,tf ■ te in
I'pper Trynt where n in is nnkno'wn, snch perishahle ol.'ecto as a paintad
canvas, onco hiddea vn the. sand and rabblsh, rtm&in intnet forevcr. Th?s
paintin^ was found in 1905- in a mcimd of dcbris within tho ruins of the
Hentnhetep Tejspl o, Deir H-Bahari, lipner 'Sgrot.
Published in ' fThe Light of- %ypt T,# ,(£egan f-ul,
' „1 0 by Profn ror uavi* !lc, ieport on mi r a-Bcshari . (The ogypt
: lor '' ■■!' .Fond, Lond.cn 1 "'57
T*'- '■ i’ v: T r V J
t .1 - i-\ ri i i'
•r :yrr
-Tr*t rn
ABOT 3500 Y !
The ict inostnff e. : 1!fe in Sgypt thousends of yeira ago when
Thebeo waa its Metropolis and mistrens of the univorro. Tho Qoddens
Kataor,«noerin,-> in the fon> of a oo«, is 8*<m in a riohlir cenepiei
br,rk surroandRi hy panyroa reeie, faelnR a t,ehle oi offoiia- •. r
the head of the Gcddees stands the oeified Keh-hanet-da kentuheten, s
k\ng of tho XI Dynosty. oevan figares, led by Xanef*r(Tcha-nsfer;,
aporeach with hcnahea of rrapes and flowers and arc ahout to oerforra an
act of vaneration. Their nar^s and a nrayer for long life and han i ner••
are fnvon'iR the-ten ingUters cf 1 iero?ly>hice. * Tho nictu,re is oainted
i« rineral pi^ » ite #a imhlo': 1 inen, anr’, BCasnrti 13 by 13 inches.
^lring the Sflll Dynaaty, to which period ^^belonga, it eridently hm
in the Hathor shrine, for in the trmer -elva^e soiae of the auspending
strihg still remains intaot. The paint^ork has fortnnately bnon '.>r«r«rved
in all itf?• 'reshneos hy the accidental cverlo/noing of pertr. of ?"olva>oo
in the forsn' of a feolscnn,- as will he noticed by the worn croases
dia-nnally riain - : rom the hottor;: comers:.. Thus foldcd probably at the
.tive tht sanotuary was dfspo&li rythic# rs&dc of c:- 1 •' asl prselavs
. stoneh, wood-work and textilos wero either ch-ntitsyod or thrc-wn -ov;ay as
hav ? rinsic valne. Cwlnfe to thi ,tf ■ te in
I'pper Trynt where n in is nnkno'wn, snch perishahle ol.'ecto as a paintad
canvas, onco hiddea vn the. sand and rabblsh, rtm&in intnet forevcr. Th?s
paintin^ was found in 1905- in a mcimd of dcbris within tho ruins of the
Hentnhetep Tejspl o, Deir H-Bahari, lipner 'Sgrot.
Published in ' fThe Light of- %ypt T,# ,(£egan f-ul,
' „1 0 by Profn ror uavi* !lc, ieport on mi r a-Bcshari . (The ogypt
: lor '' ■■!' .Fond, Lond.cn 1 "'57