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Feeding Calves Relief in the Brooklyn Museum, January 2010

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

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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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