Surveying the fields

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"Surveying the Fields" is a famous scene from the tomb of Nebamun depicting ancient Egyptian agricultural life and land measurement along the Nile.

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Surveying the fields canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian tomb painting ⓘ
artwork ⓘ
wall painting ⓘ
artMovement New Kingdom Egyptian art ⓘ
associatedWith Nebamun ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture ancient Egyptian ⓘ
depictionOf rural life in ancient Egypt ⓘ
depicts Nile floodplain ⓘ
ancient Egyptian agricultural life ⓘ
farmers working in fields ⓘ
fields along the Nile ⓘ
grain harvesting ⓘ
irrigation channels ⓘ
land measurement ⓘ
livestock in fields ⓘ
surveyors measuring land ⓘ
genre funerary art ⓘ
genre scene ⓘ
hasPart decorative borders ⓘ
domesticated animals ⓘ
fields divided into plots ⓘ
figures carrying tools ⓘ
figures holding measuring ropes ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
trees and plants ⓘ
iconography agricultural tools ⓘ
domesticated cattle ⓘ
grain crops ⓘ
measuring rods ⓘ
surveying ropes ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ
mainSubject Nile Valley ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
land surveying ⓘ
materialUsed pigment on plaster ⓘ
medium paint on plaster ⓘ
partOf Tomb of Nebamun wall paintings ⓘ
relatedTo ancient Egyptian irrigation practices ⓘ
ancient Egyptian land taxation ⓘ
shows administrative control of land ⓘ
importance of Nile flooding for farming ⓘ
organization of agricultural labor ⓘ
usedFor commemoration of Nebamun ⓘ
decoration of tomb chapel ⓘ
visualStyle composite view of human figures ⓘ
hierarchical scale of figures ⓘ

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tomb of Nebamun paintings → notableWork → Surveying the fields ⓘ