Donkeys in the Old and Middle Kingdoms According to the Representations and Livestock Counts from Private Tombs

• Authors: Lashien Miral
• Languages of publication: EN FR DE IT

Abstracts

EN

The Egyptian artist in the Old and Middle Kingdoms showed great interest in representing the details of the physical characteristics and behaviour of various animals surrounding him in the Egyptian environment. However, donkeys seem to have received less attention from the artist than other animals. The paper examines the representations of donkeys in the wall scenes of the Old and Middle Kingdom tombs, and analyses the changing interest in reflecting this animal’s physical traits and behaviour. Finally, studying the role of donkeys in the so-called livestock counts allows us to better understand the phenomenon which is observed in the iconographic sources from the period under investigation.

Keywords

EN

donkey; Old Kingdom Egypt; Middle Kingdom Egypt; livestock count; Meir; Beni Hassan; Somali wild ass

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
• Year: 2020
• Volume: XXXIII
• Pages: 121-137

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Lashien Miral

• Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt, Cairo

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3935-3076

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/EtudTrav.33.008