REPRESENTATION MODES OF DWARF ANIMAL-KEEPER

Document Type : Original Article

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Lecturer of Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture at the Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt

Abstract

 [Ar]
دراسة فنية لتصوير القزم كحارس للحيوانات الاليفة                                                                                            
هذه الورقة عبارة عن دراسة تحليلية فنية لأنماط تمثيل القزم كحارس للحيوانات الاليفة في مناظر الدولة القديمة.  والالقاب المصاحبة له، وملابسه، والاشياء التي يقوم بحملها، وموقعه بالنسبة لسيده النبيل من خلال فحص واحد وثلاثين منظرا في مقابر اشراف الدولة القديمة (بالاضافة الي منظر فريد يؤرخ بعصر الانتقال الأول). يمكن تقسيم مناظر القزم المصاحب للحيوان الاليف إلى خمس مجموعات: قزم يصطحب قرد فقط/ قزم بصحبة قرد والكلب «Tsm»؛ قزم بصحبة كلبًا فقط؛ قزم يقود حيوانات الزراعة: ثيران/ ابقار؛ مناظر نادرة لقزم يقود نمر/ غزال. ثم تحليل تأثير وظيفة القزم هذه على المكانة الاجتماعية لسيده النبيل.
 
 
[En] This paper is an artistic analytical study of the dwarf animal keeper's representation modes in Old kingdom scenes, their titles, clothes, portables, and positions to their master. This was achieved throughout the profound examination of thirty-one scenes in Old kingdom tombs. The dwarf accompanying a domestic animal could be divided into five groups: Dwarf with a monkey only; with a monkey together with a «Tsm» dog; Dwarf attending a dog only; a dwarf leading agriculture animals and another rare scene of a dwarf leading a leopard/ gazelle. Furthermore, I shall analyze the influence of this dwarf's function on the social position of his noble.

Highlights

  • Introduction
  • Dwarf with Monkey
  • Dwarf with Dogs
  • Dwarf with monkey and dog
  • Dwarf with Agriculture Animals
  • Dwarf with Unique Animals
  • Conclusions

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Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists
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