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
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Gallery
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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
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