Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Offering Bearers and Butchers
Ancient Egyptian
-2445–-2287
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 45 × 94.3 × 13.7 cm (17 3/4 × 37 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
stonebeeflimestonefunerary artold kingdommenfifth dynastysculpturebirdssixth dynastyancient artcarvingReliefegyptianofferingancientarchitectural fragmentknivesoxenwork
About
In the upper register, priests and servants prepare food offerings, including birds and ribs of beef. The lower register portrays butchers at work. Their kilts are tucked into their waistbands to keep them clean. To the left, butchers carry away a cow’s heart and a jar of blood.
