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BPLDC no.: 08_04_000190 Page Title: The Tomb of Ti Collection: William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection Album: On the Nile. Cairo to Luxor. Call no.: 4098B.104 v31 (p.7) Creator: Tupper, William Vaughn Genre: Scrapbooks; Albumen prints Extent: 1 photographic print mounted on page : albumen ; page 33 x 39 cm. Description: Scrapbook page contains one photograph of the Tomb of TI. The annotations included on this page recount the history of the Tomb of Ti, and describes whom Ti is. Transcription: Vth Dynasty. M 3951 B.C., L 2956 B.C., W 2240 B.C.. Baedeker 4500 The Mastaba of TI is one of the most interesting monuments of Lower Egypt. TI was a man of low rank who rose by his own merit, married a royal princess and became a royal dignitary. His statue is in the Museum at Gizeh, as shown in photogprahy of Lower Egypt and closely resemble the representations of him on the walls, where he is portrayed superintending all the avocations of life. He is always drawn larger than the figures about him- Every scene of Egyptian life of more than four centuries ago is depicted on these walls making a pictorial history of ancient manners and customs, There are portrayed all the religious rites, sacrifices to the Gods, embalming of the dead- Duties to royality- Transporting a colossal statue on a sledge human beings drawing it. Excercises of the soldiery - Games of the people, Judges trying criminals. Notes: Page description supplied by cataloger, derived from captions and/or annoatated information; Caption on image: Tombeau de Ti. Paroi Est. (tableau d' agriculture) (438) BPL Department: Print Department Rights: No known restrictions. |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Boston Public Library at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24029425@N06/4365585238. It was reviewed on 2 July 2012 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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