Trees and shrubs of ancient Egypt.
Peeters| N° d'inventaire | 17003 |
| Format | 16.5 x 24.5 |
| Détails | 354p., publisher's cloth binding. |
| Publication | Leuven, 1988 |
| Etat | Nine |
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At the entrance to Ineni's tomb, one of the pillars is decorated with a representation of this notable's estate. The text describing the garden is supplemented by a table divided into 20 quadrats, each containing a tree name followed by the number of specimens observed. A unique testimony to the vegetation of the Theban region in the New Kingdom, this "list" appears to be a disjointed enumeration of plants intended to allow the deceased to take with him into the afterlife the image of a prosperous agricultural exploitation, but it could be that, pursuing a more ambitious design, the owner of tomb 81 developed it according to a precise conception of his survival and that it forms a coherent grouping both floristically and religiously. In an attempt to answer this question based on botanical and Egyptological data, the book analyzes the document from two different perspectives: the elements of the list are first considered as Ineni listed them, and then examined in the combinations made by the Egyptians throughout their history. The author proposes a new interpretation of the inscription, the translation of which is enriched by the identifications of ksbt and im3.
At the entrance to Ineni's tomb, one of the pillars is decorated with a representation of this notable's estate. The text describing the garden is supplemented by a table divided into 20 quadrats, each containing a tree name followed by the number of specimens observed. A unique testimony to the vegetation of the Theban region in the New Kingdom, this "list" appears to be a disjointed enumeration of plants intended to allow the deceased to take with him into the afterlife the image of a prosperous agricultural exploitation, but it could be that, pursuing a more ambitious design, the owner of tomb 81 developed it according to a precise conception of his survival and that it forms a coherent grouping both floristically and religiously. In an attempt to answer this question based on botanical and Egyptological data, the book analyzes the document from two different perspectives: the elements of the list are first considered as Ineni listed them, and then examined in the combinations made by the Egyptians throughout their history. The author proposes a new interpretation of the inscription, the translation of which is enriched by the identifications of ksbt and im3.