The funeral procession on water
This
fragment shows two scenes of funerary boats travelling to the right
towards a booth under which are jars and a conical loaf. The boat in
the upper register is propelled by four oarsmen; in the cabin at the
front two persons are seen talking to each other. On top of the
catafalque (?) five mourners are sitting, dressed in large white robes.
In the lower register a person on the right takes hold of the prow of a
boat rowed by four oarsmen. The boat is carrying several standing
individuals: one man carrying papyrus bouquets, another holding a large stick, another with a fan, and two men carrying ritual vessels, a funerary figurine, and a shabti box. At the extreme right, beneath the upper booth, a servant is holding two jars on the ground.
Present location
KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number
E.2380
Dating
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
WALL PAINTING
Material
UNSPECIFIED MINERAL; PLASTER
Technique
PAINTED
Height
74.5 cm
Width
38 cm
Bibliography
- L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 40 nº 154
- A. Mekhitarian, Fragments de peintures thébaines, Serapis 6 (1980) 88
- L. Manniche, Lost Tombs, Londres-New York 1988, 192-193
- J.-Ch. Balty, e.a., Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst en Geschiedenis, Brussel, Oudheid - Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, Bruxelles, Antiquité - The Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Antiquity, Bruxelles 1988, 26-28
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