<em>Relief with a Servant Making theTomb Owner's Bed</em>, ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 1 3/16 x 36 3/4 in. (43.2 x 3 x 93.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.10.1a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.10.1a-d_PS22.jpg)

Relief with a Servant Making theTomb Owner's Bed, ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 1 3/16 x 36 3/4 in. (43.2 x 3 x 93.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.10.1a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.10.1a-d_PS22.jpg)

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Relief with a Servant Making theTomb Owner's Bed

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone

Place Made: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 6

PERIOD Old Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 17 x 1 3/16 x 36 3/4 in. (43.2 x 3 x 93.3 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 71.10.1a-d

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Four adjoining portions of a limestone relief from a tomb (a-c) are decorated with a representation of a male servant placing a headrest upon a bed. The bed stands under a canopy supported by poles. The artist has had some difficulty in showing the servant behind the poles of the canopy: his body cuts over them and vice versa. Fragment d is decorated with a representation of a doorway (?) to the left of which are offerings consisting mainly of vases and furniture. Condition: Surface worn; chips and scratches in various places.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Relief with a Servant Making theTomb Owner's Bed, ca. 2350–2170 B.C.E. Limestone, 17 x 1 3/16 x 36 3/4 in. (43.2 x 3 x 93.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.10.1a-d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 71.10.1a-d_PS22.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 71.10.1a-d_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024

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