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Animals in Human Situations in Ancient Egyptian Ostraca and Papyri
Arts Pub Date : 2021-06-22 , DOI: 10.3390/arts10030040
Azza Ezzat

It has been said that the ancient Egyptians were raised to tolerate all kinds of toil and hardship; they nevertheless also liked to amuse themselves with comic relief in their everyday life. For example, ancient Egyptian drawing can be quite accurate and at times even spirited. What scholars have described as caricatures are as informative and artistic as supposed serious works of art. Ancient Egyptians have left countless images representing religious, political, economic, and/or social aspects of their life. Scenes in Egyptian tombs could be imitated on ostraca (potsherds) that portray animals as characters performing what would normally be human roles, behaviors, or occupations. These scenes reveal the artists’ sense of comedy and humor and demonstrate their freedom of thought and expression to reproduce such lighthearted imitations of religious or funeral scenes. This paper will focus on a selection of drawings on ostraca as well as three papyri that show animals—often dressed in human garb and posing with human gestures—performing parodies of human pursuits (such as scribes, servants, musicians, dancers, leaders, and herdsmen).

中文翻译:

古埃及 Ostraca 和 Papyri 中人类处境中的动物

据说,古埃及人被抚养长大,能够忍受各种辛劳和艰辛;尽管如此,他们也喜欢在日常生活中用喜剧来娱乐自己。例如,古埃及的绘画可能非常准确,有时甚至充满活力。学者们所描述的漫画与所谓的严肃艺术作品一样具有信息量和艺术性。古埃及人留下了无数代表他们生活的宗教、政治、经济和/或社会方面的图像。埃及墓葬中的场景可以模仿 ostraca(陶片),这些陶片将动物描绘成扮演通常人类角色、行为或职业的角色。这些场景展现了艺术家们的喜剧和幽默感,展示了他们对宗教或葬礼场景的轻松模仿的思想和表达自由。本文将重点介绍一系列关于 ostraca 的图画以及三张纸莎草纸,这些纸草展示了动物——通常穿着人类的服装并摆出人类的姿势——表演对人类追求的模仿(例如抄写员、仆人、音乐家、舞者、领袖和牧民)。
更新日期:2021-06-22
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