TOMB 11 (continuation)Tek


The left sarcophagus was decorated with a funeral scene. On both the left
and right side of the scene we see a winged guardian spirit with a torch upside down.
In the middle of the scene we find the deceased lying on a couch holding
a cup in his left hand and a garland of flowers in his right.
Behind the man lies a woman, sleeping on her stomach.
In front of him, sitting on the edge of the couch, is a second woman,
who offers him a drinking bowl. Behind that woman is a little cupid.
Beneath the couch, next to a table with bread and fried chicken,
sits a dog.
On the main side (the right) of the couch stands an almost completely
naked Mercury. In his right hand, stretched out to the deceased, he has a purse.
On the other side of the couch stands a winged female with a bundle of ears
in her right hand and a grain measure in the left, perhaps Ceres.


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