The tomb of Ankhtifi at Mo'alla

The agricultural scenes, ranging from the preparation of the land to the ensilage of grain, are dispersed on different walls. Here, the scene is reduced to a parade of twelve donkeys (seven remain visible) loaded with sheaves, without any report with the rest of the decoration. The preparation of the ground is represented on the pillar 19. The other scenes of the harvest were without doubt grouped on the south half of the wall, where is found the traces of a second agricultural scene. With regard to the receipt of grain, it occupies the greater part of the northern wall.
The donkeys are grey with the white belly, white chest and black mane. They follow each other wisely by holding the head very straight. They are responsible, as always in this kind of scenes, a mesh bag filled with sheaves. Here, the shape of the bags is that of a cylinder tightened in its middle; in reality, the narrow tightened part rested on the back of the donkey and the two cones, whose weight was balanced, hanging down on each side. This vertical projection is well into the habits of Egyptian draftsmen.


The tomb of Ankhtifi at Mo'alla
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