Goats and Herdsman
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Object Label
This fragment of a scene depicting a herdsman leading goats is based on tomb scenes carved nearly two thousand years earlier in the Old Kingdom. Two similar reliefs of a herdsman with a calf, carved in Dynasty 30, about three hundred years later, can be seen on the other side of this case. The revival of such motifs from Egyptian history suggests a keen appreciation of the past.
Caption
Goats and Herdsman, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 × 13 × 7/8 in. (12.7 × 33 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.31. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Goats and Herdsman
Date
ca. 670–650 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 25 to early Dynasty 26
Period
Late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt, Possible place collected: Thebes, Asasif, Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
5 × 13 × 7/8 in. (12.7 × 33 × 2.2 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
58.31
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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