Hunting, Fishing, and Water : Fowling Scenes in the Private Theban Tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Name: Hunting, Fishing, and Water : Fowling Scenes in the Private Theban Tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Author: Mohamed, Laila Abd El-Kader Hassan., author.

Title	Hunting, Fishing, and Water : Fowling Scenes in the Private Theban Tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
Author	Mohamed, Laila Abd El-Kader Hassan., author.
Publication Date:	2015
Publication Place	Cairo - The American University in Cairo Press
Subject	Hunting, Fishing
Type	Book
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	449
Library:	Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID	ISBN : 9781649031549, ISBN : 1649031548
Record ID	alma9933317721603768
Library Location	See online access
Date	2015
Notes	Fishing, fowling, and hunting were practiced widely by ancient Egyptians in the New Kingdom and were commonly represented in their tombs, as both professions and sports. A nobleman was often shown armed with bow and arrows, accompanied by attendants and by hounds to capture living animals in a netted stockade. Boomerang fowling was commonly depicted in connection with spear fishing, pursued only by the tomb owner and accompanied by his family and attendants. Scenes depicting the harpooning of a hippopotamus were always shown as part of a larger composition depicting the tomb owner fishing and fowling. Fishing as a profession involved the use of large nets, while fowlers used a clap-nets to catch waterfowl.
Sample Text	• Front Matter(pp. ١-٥) • Table of Contents(pp. ٦-٧) • Back Matter(pp. ٤٤٨-٤٤٨).
Baskı	1st ed.

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Hunting, Fishing, and Water : Fowling Scenes in the Private Theban Tombs of the Eighteenth Dynasty.

Author Mohamed, Laila Abd El-Kader Hassan., author.

Publication Date 2015

Publication Place Cairo - The American University in Cairo Press

Subject Hunting, Fishing

Type Book

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 449

Library Wesleyan University Library

Library Asset ID ISBN : 9781649031549, ISBN : 1649031548

Record ID alma9933317721603768

Library Location See online access

Date 2015

Notes Fishing, fowling, and hunting were practiced widely by ancient Egyptians in the New Kingdom and were commonly represented in their tombs, as both professions and sports. A nobleman was often shown armed with bow and arrows, accompanied by attendants and by hounds to capture living animals in a netted stockade. Boomerang fowling was commonly depicted in connection with spear fishing, pursued only by the tomb owner and accompanied by his family and attendants. Scenes depicting the harpooning of a hippopotamus were always shown as part of a larger composition depicting the tomb owner fishing and fowling. Fishing as a profession involved the use of large nets, while fowlers used a clap-nets to catch waterfowl.

Sample Text • Front Matter(pp. ١-٥) • Table of Contents(pp. ٦-٧) • Back Matter(pp. ٤٤٨-٤٤٨).

Baskı 1st ed.