File:Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep fishing and fowling, composite scene, Dyn. 5, ancient Egypt.jpg

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Description Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep at an elite pursuit, fishing and bird-hunting in the marshes. Names and titles of their wives and children are shown beside the small figures depicting them. The wives are sniffing lotus blossoms, a significant element of tomb art in Saqqara at this time.
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Ahmed Moussa and Hartwig Altenmüller; secondarily Thierry Benderitter, Osirisnet
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Osirisnet, http://www.osirisnet.net/mastabas/niankhkhnoum_khnoumhotep/e_niankhkhnum_khnumhotep_02.htm
Date of publication 1977
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The practice of sniffing lotus blossoms, emphasized in Saqqara tombs; the illustration also shows names and titles of family members in hieroglyphic.
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Tomb discovered in 1964 and first published in 1977. Therefore, pre-1923 public domain images of its reliefs are not available.
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Pictorial elements, including scale and clutching of one person by another, is part of what needs explanation in the text, but is greatly aided if the picture is there for consultation.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Low resolution image of parts of larger original line drawing of a wall.
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It is not anticipated that this image will deter readers from viewing Osirisnet, the web site from which this screenshot was obtained. The picture caption attributes the image to Osirisnet, which is non-commercial and ad-free; the external links section in the article recommends this site. Likewise, sales of the original 1977 tomb publication by Moussa and Altenmueller (Das Grab des Nianchchnum und Chnumhotep, publishers Philipp von Zabern), the item first carrying this image, will not be affected as the book covers the entire tomb with 147pp. of text, photographic plates, and line drawings.
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