Depiction of farming in ancient Egypt on a papyrus scroll (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This image shows a section of a painting found on a papyrus scroll in Egypt. A locator dot and title are shown. These must always be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up.The image depicts ancient Egyptian farming methods, with a man and a side view of a cow which is trampling seeds into the churned up earth at the left, and a man harvesting the crop on the right of the image. The image retains the style of the original Egyptian art, where figures are shown from the side (in profile), and where some elements in the picture are not in proportion. The image is surrounded by an image border, indicating that this is just a section from the scroll painting.On the left of the page is the cow's head. One of its eyes can be found along with two horns and an ear. The cow has a very long body and is standing on four legs, each with a hoof at the end. In the centre of the image is the farmer. His head can be found near the top centre of the page, and down from this is his body. He holds one long arm up to the left with a whip in his hand; his other long arm is on the back of the cow pushing it forward. He wears a very long linen sarong which reaches almost to his feet. The ground is shown beneath the feet of the cow and the farmer.To the right of the farmer, the other image shows harvesting. Several very tall stems of a crop can be found sticking up from the bottom of the image. To the right of these another farmer holds several stems with his upper hand and a curved scythe in the lower hand. He is cutting the crop at waist height. The farmer is facing to the left of the page, so that only one eye is showing. He wears the same long linen sarong that almost reaches his feet in the bottom right corner of the image.
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- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/16
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- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
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- This is a copyrighted book.