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Butchery relief

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This relief of wood dating from the 1st Intermediate Period or the Middle Kingdom represents a butchery scene. The butcher on the right is probably holding a knife in his left hand to cut the throat of the ox lying on its left side or to cut up and dismember the right rear leg of the animal, the choice piece in funerary offerings.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.7523

Dating

1ST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD (not before); MIDDLE KINGDOM (not after)

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

BUTCHER'S SHOP (MODEL)

Material

WOOD; FLAX

Technique

SCULPTURED; WOVEN; PAINTED ON STUCCO; PAINTED

Height

18.8 cm

Width

16.5 cm

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