The well is dry now, but this inscription bears witness to its importance in dynastic times. The Iry Pat were the hereditary nobility in Ancient Egypt, although we don't know much about them. There are nomads in the desert. The Adabda originate from Sudan. Here we see a young girl returning from pasturing the goats and other members of the family with a one day old goat kid.
Life is hard and water precious.
But they know where the wells are and prefer to be free. The picture on the far right is of a Bedu cart carrying herbs to trade in town. The two men expected to travel for five days in the desert. I could not end this page without reference to the late, much missed, Corran Crawford. Corran travelled on the 1998 trip in the same vehicle as myself.