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EARLY EGYPT AND THE OLD KINGDOM
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the papyrus swamp (Pl. 15s); or out on the desert after game.
He loved the out-of-doors, observed keenly all the plants, ani-
mals, and birds which he found there, and then painted and
carved them on his walls and patterned his decorations and
shaped his useful things of everyday life after them. Again we
see him and his wife watching the work in the fields (Fig. 18).
In the two upper rows the harvesters are cutting the grain, leav-
ing a high stubble just as they do in Egypt today; below, men
with staves are driving the donkeys back and forth over the
Fig. 18. Work in the Fields: Reaping, Threshing, and Stacking.
From the mastaba of Ti, Saqquara.
threshing floor, tying the grain in great bags and loading it on
the donkeys’ backs or tossing the bundles into the granaries.
Stock-raising played a large part in the life of the Egyptian.
In Pl. a b we see the lord sitting on his veranda, inspecting the
cattle as they are driven past him. His son squats on the floor
beside him, just as the Arabs do today, while four clerks with
scrolls on their laps take down the count. In driving the cattle
to pasture, frequent canals must be crossed (Fig. 19), and the
cowboy with a kindly heart carries on his back the young calf
that is anxiously looking back toward the cow.
To provide the noble with clothing, ornaments, and household
equipment, the craftsmen drill out stone vases (Fig. 2.0); the
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the papyrus swamp (Pl. 15s); or out on the desert after game.
He loved the out-of-doors, observed keenly all the plants, ani-
mals, and birds which he found there, and then painted and
carved them on his walls and patterned his decorations and
shaped his useful things of everyday life after them. Again we
see him and his wife watching the work in the fields (Fig. 18).
In the two upper rows the harvesters are cutting the grain, leav-
ing a high stubble just as they do in Egypt today; below, men
with staves are driving the donkeys back and forth over the
Fig. 18. Work in the Fields: Reaping, Threshing, and Stacking.
From the mastaba of Ti, Saqquara.
threshing floor, tying the grain in great bags and loading it on
the donkeys’ backs or tossing the bundles into the granaries.
Stock-raising played a large part in the life of the Egyptian.
In Pl. a b we see the lord sitting on his veranda, inspecting the
cattle as they are driven past him. His son squats on the floor
beside him, just as the Arabs do today, while four clerks with
scrolls on their laps take down the count. In driving the cattle
to pasture, frequent canals must be crossed (Fig. 19), and the
cowboy with a kindly heart carries on his back the young calf
that is anxiously looking back toward the cow.
To provide the noble with clothing, ornaments, and household
equipment, the craftsmen drill out stone vases (Fig. 2.0); the