Thursday, March 8, 2012
"Remembering Beautiful Flowers"
10:10pm
Flowers beautifying a serene resting spot at Tucson's Botanical Garden, which we visited back in 2008
"How could such sweet and
Wholesome hours be reckoned
But with herbs and flowers."
---Andrew Marvell
Red flowers seen at this garden...
I have more photos from this garden.
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Julia and I went to the libary this morning, and instead of heading straight to the magazines, I decided to go upstairs and look for DVDs. Except that I never made it to the DVD section. I went over to the small Egyptian section and took a look at what they had. I found four books to take home with me. I went through them looking for interesting images to scan. A Short History of Ancient Egypt by T.G.H. James featured a nice clear photo of a "carved scene on the limestone sarcophagus of Kawit, one of the consorts of King Mentuhotpe II of the Eleventh Dynasty; from Deir el-Bahri." (Page 70) It particularily fascinated me because it is showing a mirror in use, like the ones I saw at the Metropolitan Museum:
 Two Mirrors, Dyn. 18 However, this book's image cuts off the feet of Kawit and her two attendants! I wanted a version with feet. Along the web hunt for this, I found an even clearer detail at Egyptological.com. With a little adjustment of sizes, I managed a template from which to trace: |
Both the queen and the hairdresser have their hands in the hieroglyph for "hair"
The male attendant pouring the Queen a drink says, "For your ka, O mistress."
The KA is an aspect of the soul meaning vital life force.
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The book giving the text translation, Ancient Egypt, by David P. Silverman, says the liquid is milk, while T.G.H. James says it is beer. I say it is cold water!
 "For your ka!"
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