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Abstract
This Thesis deals with anointing scenes in Theban Private Tombs of the New Kingdom. It deals with the different types of anointment, incense and perfumes as depicted on the walls of the Noble Tombs in Thebes.
Nothing has as yet been said about the physical action which was involved in anointing. It has been demonstrated that from the Eighteenth Dynasty until the beginning of the Ptolemaic Period the verb wrH referred to anointing the head, while gs referred to anointing the body. The manner in which the oil was applied to the various parts of the body cannot, however, be recovered from the texts alone. For that reason, depictions of anointing on the walls of Theban tombs of the New Kingdom should be examined. The representations of anointing occur in three major settings; within banquet scenes; during instances of ceremonial reward; and during ritual performances. By ritual performances I mean depictions of portions of such rituals as the daily temple ritual, the opening of the mouth ritual, and the funerary offering ritual. Occasionally these depictions are accompanied by labels identifying the action taking place. At other times we must infer a relationship between texts describing the general scene, the banquet, or the reward ceremony; and the depictions of these activities.
The present study is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter One deals with anointing words in relation to the body, then the scenes of body anointing, which is divided into two types, Scenes depicting the anointing of the body by one servant, Scenes depicting the anointing of the body by two servants.
Chapter Two focuses on Anointing words in relation to the head, then the scenes of head anointing, which is divided into two types, scenes depicting the anointing of the head by one servant, scenes depicting the anointing of the head by two servants, pouring oil, little finger.
Chapter Three will display Occasions. It will focus on the Banquet, Ceremonial Reward, and examples for these scenes. Then the chapter ends with a comparison between anointing in ancient Egypt and modern Egypt. The final part of this thesis presents the most important results of this study.