Limestone Fragment

CG2016-4-184

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number CG2016-4-184
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Section Egyptian
Materials Limestone
Description

Fragment of limestone with decoration on one face, consisting of incised borderlines at the left and right. There is a series of three (?) flaring vessels at the top, resting on a low table with two rungs. Below a groundline is another scene of a human figure, facing right, hunched over a stone, grinding grain. To the right are two circular bread loaves, above a jar of vesel with flared, flat rim. The scene is reconstructed from six fragments, with a large amount of plaster on the back.

Height 4 cm
Length 19.5 cm
Width 10.5 cm

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