Relief

58-10-3

From: Egypt | Lisht

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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