\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 A series of painted limestone reliefs depicting people at work in the fields were found in the shrine of the tomb of Unsu, at Thebes.
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The lower level illustrates the plowing of the fields: the men are making furrows with the plow, with the aid of an ox. The second figure on the right is already scattering seeds from a bag.\par
A harvest scene is set immediately above it. The men
are cutting ears with a sickle, while two youths collect the fallen ears. On the left, a woman is carrying a basket and a bag filled with food for the harvesters.\par
The upper level shows the threshing of the grain. The ears are carried in large wicker
baskets to the platform on the left, where they are threshed with a millstone turned by oxen.\par
The work in the fields is illustrated in a fresh and lively style: there are plenty of realistic details. Note, for example, the reaper in the middle who,
having finished his share of work, is refreshing himself by drinking from an amphora.\par
Unsu was the bookkeeper at the granaries belonging to the temple of the god Amon: thus these reliefs depict his daily occupation.
