Presenting offerings from pr-dt : the representation of the pr-dt: and its role in the tombs of the 5 th dynasty at giza and Saqqara | ||
| حولية الاتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب "دراسات فى آثار الوطن العربى" | ||
| Article 68, Volume 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-56 PDF (32.55 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2009.39002 | ||
| Author | ||
| maha R.yehia | ||
| مدرس بقسم الارشاد السياحى- کلية سياحه وفنادق السادات – جامعة المنوفيه | ||
| Abstract | ||
| the scenes of presenting the offerings to the tomb owner belong to the most poupular subjects of the old kingdome tomb decoration. Three main groups can be differentiated , the first type represents the delivery of offerings from the funerary estate pr-dt to the tomb owner , the offerings consist mainly of desert animals, cattle and fowl which come from pr-dt and are assigned to the invocation offering prt-xrw . the second type depicts and other comestibles to the offering place in long files . the third type finally consists in various workers who work in different kinds of offering and above them was mentioned that they are workers from pr-dt .all three types depict persons who are about to greet the deceased with the offerings they have in their hand . the present article examines the scens of offering that came out from pr-dt to the tomb owner and investigates what kind of products delivered in those scenes . the examination will also assess to reveal the function of the pr-dt and its workers and their functions .it is important to know whether or not written regulations existed , which defined who was allowed to have which kind of offering. Did acentral department exist , which regulated this process? Tombs of fifth dynasty at giza and Saqqara cemeteries will be investigated within this farme work because of their textual and scenes evidence. | ||
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