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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Fragment of a Relief Showing the Birth of a Calf

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Fragment of a Relief Showing the Birth of a Calf

The motifs of a herdsman leading a bull through a thicket and a man assisting at the birth of a calf were most common in Egyptian art during the Old and Middle Kingdoms (before 1800 B.C.). It is likely that they were known to the carvers of these two reliefs indirectly through sources such as master pattern books.

Medium: Limestone
Possible Place Collected: Thebes, Egypt
Dates: ca. 670-650 B.C.E.
Dynasty: late XXV Dynasty
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 7in. (14.2 x 17.8cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
Accession Number: 55.3.2
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 55.3.2_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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