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Figure 15: Tesem old (1) and younger (3) type
Even if we count Hatshepsut’s trip to the The dog was calculated to be about six
Land of Punt, from where dogs have also years old. Ikram notes that such dogs are
been imported (image of science, Angelika still to be found in the South of Egypt.
Franz) which should be located in Africa
(Eritrea/Ethiopia, neighbouring to The elongated form of the Sighthound
Kush/Nubia), as shown by recent research mummy can also be seen in the
A. Franz, it is still unlikely that (sight) representation of the Tribute Scene of
hounds will have originated in the Arab Rekhmire, even to having the same tail
region. carriage and colour as one of the tribute
dogs. Could this mummified dog be one of
What is more, we have a mummified the very same portrayed in the Rekhmire
Sloughi-type Sighthound (Fig. 16) from Tribute? We can date this quite
the Egyptian museum in Cairo, the head of accurately to 1400 BC, in the New
which is completely similar to a Sloughi (Fig. Kingdom.
14), with the small, lop-ears and short, sand-
coloured hair, i.e. not similar to a Saluki
(fig.16). According to Ikram’s description the
mummy of the Sighthound was found at the
graves of Amenophis II and Horemheb.
Figure 17: Sloughi head study (Saff) © de Caprona Figure 16: Dog Mummy © Anna-Marie Kellen
