Feeding Calves

Medium: Limestone, pigment

Geograhical Locations:

• Hermopolis, Egypt
• Tell el-Amarna, Egypt

Dates:ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 21 1/4 in. (23 x 54 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum Location: Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
• Ancient Egyptian Art

Accession Number: 60.197.4

Image: CUR.60.197.4_wwg7.jpg,West Wing gallery 7 installation

Catalogue Description:
Limestone relief. In sunk relief to the right, four oxen behind support (?) of a shelter. Seated male attendant feeding (? forcibly) the front ox and holding the lead ropes. At extreme left, hind quarters and tail of standing ox. Wig of man black, his body and oxen a brown-red. Condition: Edges chipped. Paint worn.

Brooklyn Museum