Relief of an Acacia Tree Shading Water Jars with Drinking Cups, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051–2030 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319,), 1923–25, Limestone, paint, H. 83 x W. 88.5 cm (32 11/16 x 34 13/16 in.), In this picturesque image of water jars beneath an acacia tree, each jar for ready use topped by a drinking cup, there may be hidden allusions to beliefs about the afterlife. In the Old Kingdom, an institution called “the acacia house” was maintained at the solar cult site of Heliopolis (near present day Cairo)
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Relief, Acacia Tree Shading Water Jars, Drinking Cups, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca, 2051–2030 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Neferu, TT 319, 1923–25, Limestone, paint, H, 83 x W, 88.5 cm, 32 11/16 34 13/16, picturesque image, water jars beneath, acacia tree, jar, ready, topped, drinking cup, hidden allusions, beliefs, afterlife, Old, institution, acacia, house, maintained, solar cult, site, Heliopolis, present day, Cairo
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