Two Ladies Chatting

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Title:

Two Ladies Chatting

Description:

Two ladies chat at a banquet. One is proffering to the other a lotus flower to smell. Each has on her wig a solid perfumed grease cone which in the warm room gradually melted, releasing a cooling fragrant substance. Painting on limestone from the tomb of Nebamun. Dra Abu el-Naga, West Thebes, 18th Dynasty. London, British Museum.

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