Saturday, May 10, 2014
November 1963?, and my mother had cooked Thanksgiving dinner, and oh do I look happy for good food!. (Full size underneath.) An amusing thing, if you see this photo fullsize, you'll notice that my mother has a pencil tucked behind her ear! When I showed this to Julia, she said, "Oh, that's something they did back in the 50's." Maybe so, but I'm further amused to remember they did this in the 2350's, too, 2350's BCE, that is! A figure on the right side of Old Kingdom Nakhtsae's throne, who is shown writing on a piece of papyrus, is identifed as 'the scribe Sekhem-ka'. He is equipped with a second pen, which is stuck in his hair." My photos of this statue aren't as clear as the museum's photo, in which you can see the pen. |
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