boneandpapyrus:The Egyptian goddess of the sycamore in a gardenFrom the tomb of Nebamun, Upper Egypt
boneandpapyrus:The Egyptian goddess of the sycamore in a gardenFrom the tomb of Nebamun, Upper Egypt, ca. 1350BC (18th dynasty)In the British Museum (EA37983 image 1 and image 4)Fragment of a polychrome tomb painting representing the pool in Nebamun’s estate garden: date-palms, sycamores and mandrakes hedge the pool which teems with fish and fowl; the goddess of the sycamore, surrounded by her produce, is shown in the top right-hand corner.Nebamun was a ‘scribe and grain accountant in the granary of divine offerings’ in the Temple of Amun at Karnak. The British Museum’s 11 fragments of paintings from his tomb were discovered by the local agent of Henry Salt in Thebes in 1820. The location of the tomb from which they came is still not known with any certainty, but it is thought to be in the northern part of the necropolis in the area known as Dra Abu el-Naga (from the museum). -- source link