Tomb Of Shee Nefer Analysis

The Egyptians thought about death from the time they were born. Comparable to many cultures they wanted to ensure that once they ended their time on the physical world, live better in the afterlife. One of the ways the Egyptians tried to ensure life after death and protecting their souls is by placing images in their tombs. Placing images in a tomb was done by both commoners and royalty. In the tomb of Sheshe Nefer we can interpret that this art expressing is a harvest scene. In the artwork, it shows various men working, one man is cutting the grain so that another man can lift the grain, while another place the cut grain on to the donkey. This type of art shows each of servants work together to complete this large task. The artwork that was displayed gives the viewers the capability to view the life and working conditions that these servants that to endure. …show more content…
In the tomb of Sheshe Nefer the image depicted of harvesting this is an offering to the gods in their faith in them, in turn the gods will care for their souls and will be have a fruitful life in death. My thought of the art work in the tomb of Sheshe Nefer is this art work is completely unlike the art work shown in the tomb of Hesira. We can see Sheshe Nefer was a commoner desiring that the gods would allow prosperity to follow him in the afterlife. Comparing the art work of Sheshe Nefer to Hesira who was of royalty who desired to upkeep the abundance he had in