Object Number | 58-10-3 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Lisht |
Locus | Pavement west of Pyramid of Amenamhat I |
Period | Old Kingdom | Fourth Dynasty |
Date Made | 2625 - 2500 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone |
Iconography | Trees | Man |
Description | Block with raised relief decoration (left side and center) showing parts of two acacia trees and (right side) the lower part of a human figure (craftsman in shipbuilding scene) in a short kilt, striding to the right. Paint: wood of trees red, leave green. The central portion of the block is damaged by a large triangular break. |
Height | 0 cm |
Width | 93.34 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1958 |
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