TAA i.12.09
© Griffith Institute,
University of Oxford
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SLIDES
THE ANTECHAMBER.
18-12. THE ANTECHAMBER, south end. Before was the splendour
of the Imperial Age of Egypt, untouched and unharmed for
3300 years.
19-9. THE ANTECHAMBER, west wall.
20-7. THE ANTECHAMBER, north end.
THE MORE IMPORTANT OBJECTS FOUND IN THE ANTECHAMBER.
21-275sic {76}. A PAINTED CASKET, ornamented with battle and hunting
scenes in minature painting.
22-78. A BATTLE SCENE.The scheme of ornamentation here represents
the King slaughtering Egypt’s Asiatic foes.
23-77. A HUNTING SCENE. The King is seen in his chariot hunting
lions and lionesses. Behind him are his fan-bearers, courtiers,
and body guard.
24-77a. THE LIONS AND LIONESSES. The sense of movement as well as
the agonized expression of the <shaft[?] stricken> dying beasts ranks this miniature
painting as the finest of its kind.
25-82. THE CONTENTS OF THE CASKET.
26-335. A PAIR OF CEREMONIAL WALKING-STICKS, with curved handles
terminating in negroid prisoners.
27-340. A CEREMONIAL WALKING-STICK. Bound to the handle of
this stick are types of both Asiatic and African
prisoners.
28-341. DETAIL OF THE ASIATIC PRISONER.
29-337. “Charlie Chaplin”.
30-21. THE CHEETAH COUCH.
Note:- the king’s bed and torches.
31-512. Th/<H>E HEAD OF THE CHEETAH
<the Goddess of love and the Chase.>