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NATURAL DECORATION
87
Among animals a favourite in decoration
was the ibex, but it
was not introduced till
the XVII hh dynasty.
It often appears on
the finger - rings of
Akhenaten's time, and
later upon the funeral Fig. 164.
tent of Isiemkheb, ingeniously adapted to
fill a square space.
The bull or young calf was more fre-
quently introduced ; on the wooden boxes
and trays it is shown as bounding in the
meadows, and it is continually used in the
groups of the painted pavement at Tell el
Amarna.
Birds are also a common subject for
decoration, though only dating from the
same period as the other animals. Besides
the symbolic or sacred use of the hawk
and vulture, the very secular duck was a
87
Among animals a favourite in decoration
was the ibex, but it
was not introduced till
the XVII hh dynasty.
It often appears on
the finger - rings of
Akhenaten's time, and
later upon the funeral Fig. 164.
tent of Isiemkheb, ingeniously adapted to
fill a square space.
The bull or young calf was more fre-
quently introduced ; on the wooden boxes
and trays it is shown as bounding in the
meadows, and it is continually used in the
groups of the painted pavement at Tell el
Amarna.
Birds are also a common subject for
decoration, though only dating from the
same period as the other animals. Besides
the symbolic or sacred use of the hawk
and vulture, the very secular duck was a