
Wall painting from the tomb of the Egyptian vizier Rekhmire at the Theban necropolis, Egypt [TT100], dated to 1400 BCE ca. It depicts representatives of foreign lands whom Rekhmire received, i.e. Minoans [up], Nubians [mid], Syrians [down] [2048 x 1416]
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This part of wall at Rekhmire’s tomb [TT100] depicts five rows/processions; here are shown the three middle ones.
The first, not shown here, is for representatives of Punt. And the last for captives.
From the three middle ones, shown here:
The upper of the photo is for “the chiefs of the Keftiu-land and the islands which are within the Great Sea”. [Keftiu = Crete]
The middle for “the chiefs of Iuntiu-sety and Khent-hen-nufer”. [Iuntiu-sety = Nubia]
The down one for “the chiefs of Retnu and all the lands of Further Asia”. [Retnu = Syria]
Translations from The tomb of Rekh-mi-Rē at Thebes : Volume I, by Norman de Garis Davies, 1943, p. 20, 25, 26 [https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/168744](https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/168744)
photo by kairoinfo4u in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/32544493391/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/32544493391/)
I love the small elephant in the bottom left corner