Relief depicting cattle farming

Unknown

ca. 2323–2150 B.C. · Limestone, paint · Egyptian Art

This relief comes from a scene of cattle-tending or cow milking. The older man leaning on his staff is the overseer of the whole operation. To the left are the hindquarters of a cow, and to the right is the upper part of another man, perhaps kneeling to hold a tether.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 2323–2150 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922