at Thebes
This is a very distant and mysterious country, which is best known by the representations that Queen Hatshepsut left in her temple at Deir el-Bahri, and had always attracted Egyptians. Punt was never a vassal of Egypt and it is therefore presented here as sending gifts or trade items. The wealth brought consists largely of fragrant resins, essentially myrrh and incense, cones in pieces or in baskets ( view bs-38427), stacked before accounting scribes in a pyramidal heap ( view bg-389). The two white-spotted, red obelisks are probably made of incense. A myrrh tree being carried by two men, will be for an attempted planting. The Puntites also bring gold, elephant tusks, ebony, ostrich eggs and feathers, leopard skins, giraffe tails, collars besides some live animals: cheetah ( view bs-38418), monkeys, hamadryas baboons, ibexes.
The men have a dark skin tone ranging from red to black. They are dressed in a loincloth with a flap, which goes down between their legs, and has a colourful border.
Accompanying text: "Coming in peace by the grandees of Punt bowing down their backs and bending down their heads, with their tribute to the place where is found His Majesty, the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Menkheperre, living forever, and with all the beautiful presents from their country which has never been trodden by others, so his power is (spread) across their borders, while each foreign country is the servant of the Crown. It is the prince, governor, confidant of the King, who presides over [...] which receives all the tributes of all the foreign lands that are made because of the power of His Majesty for his victory."
TT100, the tomb of REKHMIRE at Thebes
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