Relief with a Man Cleaning Fish
Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 5-6
Date: ca. 2494-2181 B.C.
Medium: Painted limestone
Dimensions:
9 5/16 x 18 7/16 x 1 3/4 in. (23.6 x 46.8 x 4.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Professor William Kelly Simpson
Object number: 92.70
Provenance: William Kelly Simpson (1928-2017), Boston, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1992
Label Text
Two registers of decoration are partially preserved on this relief fragment. The upper scene once showed a man cleaning fish; while three sensitively carved heads of workmen are preserved below.
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