My Ideal Survey Text: Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian Art
The section in Gardners’ on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian art has six figures, but two of those have multiple parts. I found that the sequence of works in Gardners’ worked well. Nevertheless, I would suggest the following improvements on the accompanying figures.
Figure 1: Plan of Hierakonpolis with Tomb 100 and the Temple of Narmer, the findspot of the Palette of Narmer, highlighted
Figure 2: Photograph of Tomb 100 in situ
Figure 3: Watercolor copy of Tomb 100 juxtaposed with a photograph of Tomb 100 in its current condition in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
Figure 4: Palette of Narmer
Figure 5: Plan of Temple of Djoser
Figure 6: View of the Serdab relative to Stepped Pyramid
Figure 7: Seated Statue of Djoser from the Serdab
I consider Figure 3-4 – the section, plan, and restored view of a generic mastaba – out of place in this section. Also, the restored view of the mortuary precinct in Figure 3-6 adds little to actual views, and I would eliminate it. Finally, the view of the facade of the north palace certainly offers a less interesting view than that of the serdab.