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Description	Shared title sHD "inspector of manicurists" occurs in duplicate above the men. Titles are overhead for important figures and read toward their side of a mural, with name last. Frontalist style renders less obvious that the two men are facing each other in a hug. Only heads and legs face each other in profile; the torso must be shown in frontal aspect. One of their shared titles, sHD jr ant "inspector of manicurists," occurs in duplicate along with their names, Khnumhotep at right.
Author or copyright owner	Ahmed Moussa and Hartwig Altenmüller; reused by Greg Reeder. Original publication: Altenmüller, H. & Moussa, A. (1977), Das Grab des Nianchchnum und Chnumhotep, Philipp von Zabern, Mainz, Germany, Fig. 11. ISBN 978-3-8053-0050-6
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Greg Reeder (2000), "Same-Sex Desire, Conjugal Constructs, and the Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep," World Archaeology 32(2), p. 194.
Date of publication	2000
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	As in the description. The Egyptian official title sHD is listed and defined in the article text, as is the iconography of the pose, with citation to Reeder.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Tomb discovered in 1964 and first published in 1977. Therefore, pre-1923 public domain images of its reliefs are not available. Tourist photography is rare due to Egypt's restrictions on photography in tombs. Amateur pictures also compromised by lighting inadequate to show overlap of arm across body of other figure to grasp hand, an art convention of that era which does not comport with geometric perspective expected today. The photo being used for Wikipedia was side-lit to render relief outlines visible.
Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1)	It is necessary for reader to see the art conventions, which differ from our own, in application. Description in words is theoretically possible, however neither concise nor likely to convey the geometry to the reader accurately. A modern picture would show embracing in side view; with the arm in question hidden and the other arm not hanging free. Consider that an American graphic novel requiring no special explanation today may be difficult to read in future if the rules for placing and posing text and images changes meantime; historians will have to present an exemplar to their students.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Cropped, less than print resolution and only one photo from this source.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	It is not anticipated that this image will deter readers from seeking World Archaeology, the journal from which it was obtained, or from purchase of Greg Reeder's publications. The Reeder article "Same-Sex Desire" contains a selection of false doors and offering scenes for comparison to one another; none of these images are being used here. Where used in Wikipedia, image is accredited to Reeder. Image is not likely to impact sales of original publication, which covers entire tomb and is thus broader in scope.
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