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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Fragmentary Slab, "Riverside Scene"

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Fragmentary Slab, "Riverside Scene"

Part of this boat moored along the Nile appears in the lower left corner of this relief. Next to the boat a farmer, carrying two large water jars suspended from a pole, climbs the steep riverbank. His goal is the irrigated field, arranged in square plots, at the far right. In the scene at the very top, a shipbuilder smoothes a wooden plank.

Medium: Limestone, painted
Geographical Locations:
- Place made: Amarna, Egypt
- Place found: Hermopolis, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 15 x 1 11/16 in. (23.5 x 38.1 x 4.3 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle 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: 65.16
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 65.16_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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