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Title Page
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Contents
List of Figures
General Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Deir el-Medina: The History of Excavation and the Nature of the Site
Deir el-Medina: The History of Excavation and the Nature of the Site
Figure 1.1: Linear design of houses at Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 50, Figure 15) © IFAO.
Figure 1.2: The site of Deir el-Medina (Image produced by Peter Robinson based on Bierbrier 1982a: 66-67).
Figure 1.3: Types of ‘lit clos’ found at Deir el-Medina, as identified by Bruyère (Bruyère 1939: 57, Figure 18) © IFAO.
Figure 1.4: Figured ostracon from Deir el-Medina showing Meretseger on a raised platform, before a table of offerings, Louvre E 25301 (Photograph Author’s own).
Catalogue of Painted Wall Decoration Found in the Village
Figure 2.1: Wall decoration when excavated by Bruyère, House S.E. VIII, Deir el-Medina (Vandier d’Abbadie 1938: 28, Figure 1) © IFAO.
Catalogue of Painted Wall Decoration Found in the Village
Figure 2.2: Wall decoration of House S.E. VIII, Deir el-Medina as published by IFAO 2006 (Cherpion 2006: 17, Figure 8) © IFAO.
Figure 2.3: Figured ostracon of a dancer from Deir el-Medina, IFAO VA 2868 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
Figure 2.4: Figured ostracon depicting a musician from Deir el-Medina, IFAO VA 2399 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
Figure 2.5: Scene of dancing from the Nineteenth Dynasty tomb of Harmose at Hierakonpolis (Wreszinski 1927: Plate 44).
Figure 2.6: Remains of the ‘lit clos’ House S.E. I at Deir el-Medina when excavated by Bruyère (Bruyère 1939: 60, Plate X) © IFAO.
Figure 2.7: Remains of the painted wall decoration of House S.E. I at Deir el-Medina as published by Bruyère (Bruyère 1923: Plate I) © IFAO.
Figure 2.8: Location of the painted wall decoration in House S.E. I at Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1923: 122, Figure 1) © IFAO.
Figure 2.10: Reconstruction of the painted wall decoration of House S.E. I, Deir el-Medina by Brunner-Traut (After Brunner-Traut 1955: 15, Figure 5).
Figure 2.9: Reconstruction of the painted wall decoration of House S.E. I, Deir el-Medina by Bruyère (Bruyère 1923: 132, Figure 5) © IFAO.
Figure 2.11: ‘Lit clos’ with painted decoration in House N.O. XII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: Plate IX) © IFAO.
Figure 2.13: Remains of additional decoration from the ‘lit clos’ at House N.O. XII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 287, Figure 158) © IFAO.
Figure 2.14: Figured ostracon from Deir el-Medina, showing a woman in a papyrus skiff, IFAO VA 3019 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
Figure 2.12: Line drawing by Bruyère of the surviving decoration of House N.O. XII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 286, Figure 157) © IFAO.
Figure 2.16: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted decoration in House C.VII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 311, Figure 182) © IFAO.
Figure 2.15: ‘Lit clos’ with painted decoration in House C.VII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: Plate IX) © IFAO.
Figure 2.17: ‘Lit clos’ with painted decoration in House N.E. XIII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: Plate IX)© IFAO.
Figure 2.19: Wooden panels depicted the god Bes, from a bed from the tomb of Yuya and Tuya, Cairo 51110 (Davis 1907: 36).
Figure 2.18: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted decoration in House N.E. III, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 259, Figure 136) © IFAO.
Figure 2.21: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted decoration in House S.O. VI, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 330, Figure 202) © IFAO.
Figure 2.22: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted decoration in House N.E.X, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 255, Figure 131) © IFAO.
Figure 2.20: ‘Lit clos’ with painted decoration in House S.O. VI, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: Plate IX) © IFAO.
Figure 2.25: Reconstruction of wall painting, found in House 3, Main St, Amarna, by Kemp (Kemp 1979: 48, Figure 1) Image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Figure 2.23: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted decoration in House N.E. XII, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 257, Figure 133) © IFAO.
Figure 2.24: Wall painting found in House 3, Main St, Amarna, when excavated by Kemp (Kemp 1979: Plate VIII) Image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Figure 2.26: Fragments of moulded clay representing the god Bes, from House S.E. XI, Deir el-Medina, as found by Bruyère (Bruyère 1939: 276, Figure 148) © IFAO.
Figure 2.27: Line drawing by Bruyère of surviving painted wall decoration in House C.V, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1939: 305, Figure 136) © IFAO.
Catalogue of ‘Scènes de Gynécées’ Figured Ostraca and Comparative Evidence
WoB.1: Cairo JE 63806 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 69, Plate L) © IFAO.
Catalogue of ‘Scènes de Gynécées’ Figured Ostraca and Comparative Evidence
WoB.2: IFAO VA 2338, © IFAO.
WoB.3: IFAO VA 2343 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.4: VA 2345 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 71, Plate LIII) © IFAO.
WoB.5: IFAO VA 2346, © IFAO.
WoB.6a: IFAO VA 2349, © IFAO.
WoB.6b: IFAO VA 2349 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 72, Plate LIV) © IFAO.
WoB.7: IFAO VA 2350 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.8: VA 2353 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 73, Plate LVII) © IFAO.
WoB.9: IFAO VA 2355 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.10: IFAO VA 2359 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.11: IFAO VA 2360, © IFAO.
WoB.12: IFAO VA 2362 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.13: IFAO VA 2364 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.14: IFAO VA 2365 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.15: IFAO VA 2368 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.16: IFAO VA 2369 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.17: IFAO VA 2373 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.18: IFAO VA 2374 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.19: IFAO VA 2375 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.20: IFAO VA 2376 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.21: IFAO VA 2380 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.22: IFAO VA 2381 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.23: IFAO VA 2382 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.24: IFAO VA 2385 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.25: IFAO VA 2386 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.26: IFAO VA 2859 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.27: IFAO VA 2860, © IFAO.
WoB.28: VA 2861 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1959: 188, Plate CXXI) © IFAO.
WoB.29: IFAO VA 2862 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.30: IFAO VA 2863 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.31: IFAO VA 2866 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.32: IFAO VA 2363 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
WoB.33: Louvre E 14295 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: Plate XLIX) © IFAO.
WoB.34: Louvre E 14375 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.35: Louvre E 14336 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.36: Louvre E 14337 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.37: Louvre E 25302 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.38: Louvre E 23518 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.39: Louvre E 25324 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.40: Berlin ÄM 21461, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – PK, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, photograph: Sandra Steiß.
WoB.41a: Berlin ÄM 21773, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – PK, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, photograph: Sandra Steiß.
WoB.41b: Berlin ÄM 21773 (Brunner-Traut 1956: 70, Plate XXV).
WoB.42: Turin S.06305 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.43: Turin S.07403, © Museo Egizio, photograph by Franco Lovera.
WoB.44: Turin S. 06289 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.45: Stockholm MM 14045 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.46: Stockholm MM 14061 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.47: Stockholm MM 14070 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.48: Stockholm MM 14137 (Photograph Author’s own).
WoB.49: Previously Munich Ä11, destroyed in WWII (Brunner-Traut 1956: 71, Figure III).
WoB.50a: Munich ÄS 1543, © State Museum of Egyptian Art, photograph by Marianne Franke.
WoB.50b: Munich ÄS 1543 (Brunner-Traut 1956: 71, Plate XXVI).
WoB.53: O.WHTM 543, SCA Magazine near Carter House, Qurna, © Toivari-Viitala.
EB.1: Berlin ÄM 21451, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – PK, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, photograph: Sandra Steiß.
EB.2: Stockholm MM 14005 (Photograph Author’s own).
EB.3: Petrie UC 45679 (Photograph Author’s own). Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
K.1: Louvre E 2533 (Photograph Author’s own).
K.2: British Museum EA E8506,© Trustees of the British Museum.
K.3: IFAO VA 2858 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.1: IFAO VA 2348 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.2: IFAO VA 2351 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.3: IFAO VA 2356 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.4: IFAO VA 2361 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.5: IFAO VA 2370 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.6: IFAO VA 2371 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.7: IFAO VA 2372 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.8: IFAO VA 2387 (Photograph Author’s own)© IFAO.
F.9: IFAO VA 2864 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.10: IFAO VA 2865 (Photograph Author’s own) © IFAO.
F.11: Berlin ÄS 21453, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – PK, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, photograph: Sandra Steiß.
F.12: Berlin ÄS 21477, © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – PK, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, photograph: Sandra Steiß.
F.13: Brussels E 6382 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1957, 24, Figure 4) © IFAO.
F.15: Petrie UC 33251 (Photograph Author’s own) Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
CE.1: Stockholm MM 14006 (Photograph Author’s own).
CE.2: Ashmolean Museum HO 49 (Photograph Author’s own).
CE.3: Louvre E 27661 (Photograph Author’s own).
CE.4: Turin S.06287, © Museo Egizio, photograph by Franco Lovera.
CE.5: IFAO VA 2383 (Photograph Author’s own)© IFAO.
CE.6: IFAO VA 2336 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 79, Plate XLIX) © IFAO.
CE.7: IFAO VA 2342 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1937: 71, Plate LI) © IFAO.
CE.8: O.BTdK. 139 (Cairo Pre-selection for GEM) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.9: O.BRdK.140 (SCA Magazine near Carter House, Qurna) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.10: O.BRdK.141 (SCA Magazine near Carter House, Qurna) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.11: O.BRdK. 142 (SCA Magazine near Carter House, Qurna) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.12: O.BTdK.143 Cairo (Pre-selection for GEM) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.13: O.BTdK.144 Cairo (Pre-selection for GEM) © Andreas Dorn.
CE.14: O.BTdK. 145 Cairo (Pre-selection for GEM) © Andreas Dorn.
Figure 4.1: Provenance of ostraca which depict ‘Scènes de Gynécées’ (Graph Author’s own).
‘Scènes de Gynécées’: The Corpus
‘Scènes de Gynécées’: The Corpus
Figure 4.2: Recorded find spots of ostraca which depict ‘Scènes de Gynécées’ found at Deir el-Medina (Graph Author’s own).
Figure 4.3: Provenance of ostraca which depict comparative data (Graph Author’s own).
‘Scènes de Gynécées’: Repeat Motifs
Figure 5.1: Scene from the Eighteenth Dynasty tomb of Sennefer (TT 99) (Bruyère 1939: 108, Figure 39) © IFAO.
Figure 5.2: Wooden figures of Bes, as published by Bruyère, Brussels E 7415a-b, E 7416a-b, (Bruyère 1939: 98, Figure 32) © IFAO.
Figures 5.3a-c: Wooden Bes legs, now in Leiden Museum, Leiden F 1964/1.4, Leiden F 1964/1.3, Leiden F 2011/2.1 (Courtesy of Maarten Raven) © Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.
Figures 54a-c: Wooden furniture legs, with Bes, Taweret and serpent painted decoration, Swansea W 2052 a-c (Courtesy of Carolyn Graves-Brown) © Egypt Centre, Swansea University.
Figure 5.5: Terracotta model bed from Amarna, Petrie Museum UC 46891 (Photograph Author’s own) Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Figure 5.6: Image from the anonymous TT 345 Deir el-Medina (Cherpion 1999: Plate 41) © IFAO.
Figure 5.7: Stela from Deir el-Medina, of the lady Wab, Turin 50060 (Photograph Author’s own).
Figure 5.9: Scene from the tomb of Neferrenpet, Deir el-Medina TT 336 (Bruyère 1926: 87, Figure 53) © IFAO.
Figure 5.8: Stela from Deir el-Medina, showing Meretseger and Hathor (Bruyère 1952: 76-77, Figure 156) © IFAO.
Figure 5.10: Ostracon dedicated to Meretseger from Deir el-Medina, Turin C.1659 (Photograph Author’s own).
Figure 5.11: Image from the Mammisi at Edfu, Hathor suckling Horus (Photograph Author’s own).
Figure 5.12: Tomb of Ay, Amarna, scenes of the harem (Davies 1908: 20, Plate XXVIII)Image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Figures 5.13a-b: Terracotta figurine, with heavy tripartite wig and top knot, Munich 1559, © State Museum of Egyptian Art, photograph by Marianne Franke.
Figure 5.14: Lid of pyxis decorated with the Mistress of Animals, Louvre AO 11601 (Rama, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr).
Figure 5.15: Image from the royal tomb at Amarna, showing Meketaten, or her statue in a kiosk (Martin 1974: Plate 68) Image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Figure 5.17: Burial chamber of Khabekhnet, TT 2, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1952: Plate VII) © IFAO.
Figure 5.16: West wall, Eighteenth Dynasty tomb of Amenemhat, TT 340 Deir el-Medina (Cherpion 1999: Plate 9) © IFAO.
Figure 5.18. Facsimile by Norman de Garis Davies, tomb of Ipuy, TT 217, Metropolitan Museum 30.4.116, Creative Commons CC0.1.0.
Figure 5.19: Scene from the tomb of Neferrenpet, TT 140 (Baud 1935: Plate XXV) © IFAO.
Figure 5.20: Caryatid mirror with extended papyri form handle, Manchester 10963, Image courtesy of Manchester Museum.
Figure 5.21: Wooden mirror handle from Gurob, Petrie UC 7913 (Photograph Author’s own) Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Figure 5.22: Turin Erotic Papyrus, Vignette 4, Turin 55001 (Photograph Author’s own).
Figure 5.23: Toiletry items from tomb 1270, Deir el-Medina (Bruyère 1937a: 72, Figure 35) © IFAO.
Figure 5.24: Image from the tomb of Ukh-hotep, Meir (Blackman 1915: 24, Plate XV) Image courtesy of the Egypt Exploration Society.
Table 1: Bronze caryatid mirrors with a firm context from New Kingdom Egypt
Figure 5.25: Ostracon illustrating gift giving list, Petrie UC 39630 (Photo-graph Author’s own) Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Figure 5.26: Convolvulus arvensis L. (Image by Emilian Robert Vicol at Pixabay).
Figure 5.27: Convolvulus leaves (Image by Thomas B at Pixabay).
Figure 5.28: Illustrations of ‘vine columns’ from Amarna, as drawn by Petrie (Petrie 1894: Plate 2.9).
Figure 5.29: Scene from the tomb of Amenemheb, TT 278 (Vandier d’Abbadie 1954: Plate XXVI) © IFAO.
Figure 5.30: Scene from the tomb of Nebamun and Ipuky, TT 181 (Davies 1925: Plate VII).
Figure 5.31: Painted pavement from the palace at Amarna, showing a lake lush with vegetation (Petrie 1894: Plate II).
Figure 5.32: Insert of painted pavement from Amarna, showing head cones decked with floral collars and lotus flowers (Petrie 1894: Plate II).
Figure 3.33: Scene from the tomb of Sebeknekht at el-Kab (Tylor 1896: Plate VIII).
Figure 5.34: Limestone figurine, depiction a woman lying on a bed having her hair dressed, Petrie UC 8650 (Photograph Author’s own) Courtesy of Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology.
Figure 5.35: Painted wall decoration from the House of Ra’nǔfer, Amarna, House N. 49.18 (Peet and Woolley 1923: 43-44, Plate XV).
Figure 5.36: Additional painted wall decoration from the House of Ra’nǔfer, Amarna, House N. 49.18 (Peet and Woolley 1923: 43-44, Plate XV).
Figure 5.37: Scene from the tomb of Userhat, TT 51 (Davies 1927: Plate V).
Figure 5.38: Blue ware vase from Malquta, Metropolitan Museum of Art 11.215.462, Creative Commons CC0.1.0.
Figure 5.39: Polychrome vase from the tomb of Sennedjem TT.1, Metropolitan Museum of Art 86.1.10, Creative Commons CC0.1.0.
Figure 5.40: Facsimile by Norman de Garis Davies (restored), scene from the tomb of Ipuy, TT217, Metropolitan Museum of Art 30.4.114, Creative Commons CC0.1.0.
Figure 5.41: Nymphaea cerulean/Blue lotus (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic).
Figure 5.42: Nymphaea lotus/White lotus (Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic).
Figure 5.43: Stela of Pen-Amen, showing him as a child being nursed by this mother and as an adult, Louvre E 3447 (Photograph Author’s own).
Conclusions
Conclusions
Bibliography
Index