Egyptian. <em>Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit</em>, ca. 670–650 B.C.E. Limestone, 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.74. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.74_SL1.jpg)

Egyptian. Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit, ca. 670–650 B.C.E. Limestone, 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.74. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.74_SL1.jpg)

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Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

The themes of a woman pulling a thorn from another's foot and a woman, with a baby, stacking fruit are rather rare in Egyptian art. It is probable, therefore, that the unusual small details found in the fourteenth-century-B.C. Theban tomb painting (from the tomb of a man named Menena) illustrated here were the inspiration for this seventh¬century-B.C. relief. In copying these details, the artist has made them major scenes and rendered them far more elegantly.

CULTURE Egyptian

MEDIUM Limestone

Place Found: Thebes, Egypt

DATES ca. 670–650 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26

PERIOD Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period

DIMENSIONS 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 48.74

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragment of limestone tomb relief preserving portions of two registers from agricultural scene. Upper register, two girls seated opposite each other, one extracting thorn from foot of other. Lower register, between two trees - a woman seated on stool holding a child in sling; before her a stand with bowl of fruit which she touches with right hand. At upper left - portion of a storage jar (?). Fine quality. Companion piece of 49.17 and 49.18. Condition: Edges fragile and only faint traces of color remain.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Egyptian. Woman with a Baby Stacking Fruit, ca. 670–650 B.C.E. Limestone, 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 in. (23.9 x 28.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.74. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 48.74_SL1.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 48.74_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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