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Field of Reeds
Scene from the tomb of Sennedjem, a workman in the Valley of the Kings, showing his vision of the Field of Reeds in the afterlife. A Nile in the afterlife runs through lush agricultural land, including grain fields and gardens with fruit trees. Sennedjem and his wife, Iyneferti, plow behind spotted oxen and reap the resulting grain, some of which ended up on the offering table in the middle right, together with lotuses and other symbols of rebirth and regeneration. Toward the top, Sennedjem's son performs the opening of the mouth ceremony on his father's mummy, allowing the mummy to live again and join the gods in their daily travels along the river.
Name: Tomb of Sennedjem (Theban Tomb 1)
Material: limestone, pigment
Size: Unknown
Date: Dynasty 19
Place of Origin: Deir el-Medina, West Bank, Luxor
Location: Deir el-Medina, West Bank, Luxor
Source: Photograph by Janet Johnson.
Janet H. Johnson
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
