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Feeding Calves Relief in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010
Relief, Feeding Calves
One of the most unusual scenes of daily life from el Amarna, this block depicts a herdsman thrusting his hand down the throat of a tethered cow. He may be force-feeding the animal or helping it digest its food. Above the cow we can see traces of three more animals and, at the far left, part of a much larger bovine, perhaps the mother cow.
Medium: Limestone, painted
Geographical Locations:
Place made: Amarna, Egypt
Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 21 1/4 in. (23 x 54 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 60.197.4
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3697/Relief...
One of the most unusual scenes of daily life from el Amarna, this block depicts a herdsman thrusting his hand down the throat of a tethered cow. He may be force-feeding the animal or helping it digest its food. Above the cow we can see traces of three more animals and, at the far left, part of a much larger bovine, perhaps the mother cow.
Medium: Limestone, painted
Geographical Locations:
Place made: Amarna, Egypt
Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 21 1/4 in. (23 x 54 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Amarna Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 60.197.4
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/3697/Relief...
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