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Aba's Abydos ancient animals appears burial carrying chamber Chief colour Companion complete connection copy corner cutting dead Deir el Gebrâwi deserving designer door EAST Egypt Egyptian electrum entrance evidently façade face father feet female figure fish floor followed front give half hands head hewn holding honours II II important inscription King latter less male master means metal natural necropolis Nome NORTH occupied offerings original paintings perhaps Plan on Plate Plate xxi prayer present prince probably reading recess record represented rock rough round Royal rubbish Scale scene scribes seems seen Shaft shown shows side sits Sole SOUTH standing stone tablet titles tomb of Aba TYPE upper vases visible wall WEST wife xvii xxii
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Page 37 - These additional scenes occupy the whole of the topmost register and the end of the second and third. This series may also have been taken from another tomb, for the operation of melting metal is introduced a second time. Besides the changes mentioned there is a great alteration in appearance due to the employment of sculpture instead of mural painting. It may be said, therefore, that a copy of the subject at Deir el...
Page 37 - Gebrâwi lay before the sculptor of this tomb, but that while he endeavoured to make use of all the figures and groups in it, he contented himself with copying the action and attitude of each, and did not hesitate to substitute familiar forms for those which were no longer known, as in the case of vases, chests, scales, &c. Where no good reason for alteration existed, the exact attitude was almost invariably retained by him.
Page 22 - I requested as an honour from the majesty of my lord, the king of Upper and Lower Egypt, Neferkere (Pepi II), who lives forever, that there be taken a coffin, clothing, and festival perfume for this Zau. His majesty caused that the custodian of the royal domain should bring a coffin of wood, festival perfume...
Page 37 - Indess ,,a copy, in the strict sense, it cannot be called, for many changes in detail have been made. The scenes have been redistributed, one or two groups have been omitted, figures and objects have been given slightly different forms or positions, and some of the inscriptions have been...
Page 37 - ... omitted, figures and objects have been given slightly different forms or positions, and some of the inscriptions have been omitted or abbreviated. Some new material has also been appended to the original scenes, largely with the object of showing the manufacture of such articles of burial furniture as were not in use in Old Kingdom days, or were not depicted at Deir el Gebrâwi.
Page 37 - Aba being replaced by that of his later namesake, who describes himself simply as
Page 22 - I was (6) one beloved of his father .... [praised of] his mother, deserving before the king, deserving before my city-god through love, Aba.
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| Title | The Rock Tombs of Deir El Gebrâwi, Issue 11 Volume 12 of Arch. survey of Egypt, mem. 11 Volumes 11-12 of Archaeological survey of Egypt Egypt exploration fund. Archaeological survey of Egypt ... 11th-12th memoir The Rock Tombs of Deir El Gebrâwi, Norman de Garis Davies |
| Author | Norman de Garis Davies |
| Publisher | Sold at the offices of the Egypt exploration fund, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Mar 30, 2007 |
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