Caravan of Semitics (2)
The caravan of Semites is depicted on an Egyptian tomb painting of the 19th century BCE. The added inscription mentions that the Semites delivered eye make-up to Egypt, where it was very popular. The section of the picture shows (on the right) two children in a kind of basket securely tied up and fastened on a donkey. Four women and another child are following behind the donkey. The women’s clothing consists of long, colorful garments. Weapons and various pieces of instruments—perhaps bellows for producing metal—are tied with several ropes to the back of a second donkey. The lyre player following the group carries a water sack over his shoulder. The picture illustrates at least two of the three groups mentioned in Gen 4:20–22: musicians and smiths.
Gen 4:20–22
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