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**ART IN EGYPT **
 * ANT 3145 Fall 2011- Nicole Yarbrough **

This is a depiction of Nebamun hunting birds in a small boat, along with his wife Hateshepsut and their young daughter. Fertile marshes of the Nile were seen as a place of rebirth and eroticism. The hieroglyphic caption states that he is ‘enjoying himself and seeing beauty.” This fragment was found as part of a scene in the tomb-chapel of Nebamun, dating back to around 1350 BC. I found this image of the British Museum website.