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THE BOOK OF THE DEAD AND ELYSIAN FIELDS |
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29 - (Thebes) Mortuary Chapels of the Nobles -- The Mortuary Chapel of Menna (superintendent of the estates of the king and of Amen, at the middle of the 18th dynasty). -- In the top row from left to right, a boy walks along driving an animal, and carrying a small kid. Menna waits under a canopy to watch the arrival of a boat from some other part of his estates. A servant receives the passengers as they come ashore, and sailors are beaten for being late of arrival. In the second row, scenes of winnowing and threshing are illustrated.
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