Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water, result 1 of 1

Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water

Relief, reused door sill, cooking fowl

ca. 1962-1952 B.C.

From

Possibly from, Egypt

re-used as sill in a house, Tomb of Nakht (493), Lisht North, Memphite Region

MMA excavations, 1913-14

Limestone

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty 12

reign of Amenemhat I, late

H. 95.2 cm (37 1/2 in.); W. 71.7 cm (28 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rogers Fund, 1915

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