The Wall Decoration of Three Theban Tombs (TT 77, 175, and 249)

Download or read book The Wall Decoration of Three Theban Tombs (TT 77, 175, and 249) written by Lise Manniche and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete wall decorations of 3 Theban tombs (No. 77, No. 175 and No. 249) are here published for the first time. The graves at Thebes in Egypt, belonged to a master builder of the Amon temple in the time of Thutmosis IV, a purveyor of sweets in Amenophis III's temple of the dead, and a man in the business of scented oils. To date, only individual scenes from these tombs have been published, but here the reader is presented with the decorations in their entirety, including black and white photographs and line drawings, together with transcriptions and translations of all of the related texts.