Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to Antiquities, Part 5
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The Dead Man's Larder
The scenes are not placed at random upon the walls. They all converge towards that semblance of a door which was supposed to communicate with the interior of the tomb. Those nearest to the door represent the sacrifice and the offering. At the door itself, the figure of the master seems to await his visitors and bid them welcome. Whether large or small, whether richly decorated or not decorated at all, the chapel is always the dining room, or rather the larder - where the dead man has access when he feels hungry.
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