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Le menu de Tepemânkh
vers 2350 - 2300 avant J.-C. (fin 5e - début 6e dynastie)
© R.M.N./C. Larrieu |
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Sully
Ground Floor
Animal husbandry, hunting. An ancient Egyptian meal
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The Menu of Tepemânkh |
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Tepemânkh is sitting at a table laden with slices of bread. His sons are kneeling, performing funerary rites for their father. Above this scene is the list of foods intended for the deceased: an ideal menu, carved in bas-relief, which once adorned the wall of an Old Kingdom tomb. The names of the greatest delicacies of these distant times are inscribed here, including pastries, sweets, and drinks: this was the à la carte menu available to the deceased in his mastaba. An annotated drawing next to it gives the menu in French, although of course it is impossible to translate the names of specific breads and pastries.
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Go into Room 6, "Writing and scribes". On the left of display case 4 (against the back wall, to the left) is an inventory table from a 5th Dynasty temple.
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