Model Type | |
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animal husbandry/feeding cattle/force feeding | |
Description | |
Breasted: 1. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 21.819 (Pl. 5a). The spotted ox has its mouth open. Directly in front sits a man wearing a short white skirt, with right arm out-stretched toward animal's mouth. Ox is short-horned type. From El Bersheh, pit 10A. Length: 32 cm.; width: 9 cm. A similar example comes from tomb of Neheri at El Bersheh; cf. Kamal, Annales 11, p. 40. | |
Site | |
el-Bersheh | |
Tomb | |
10A | |
Burial | |
Djehutinakht | |
Date | |
Late 11th to early 12th Dyn. | |
Ref. for dating | |
Freed-etal-2009, App. B | |
Museum | |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
Accession number | |
21.819 | |
Breasted Classification | |
I-2-4 PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Cattle-breeding Scenes. - Seated man feeding a crouching ox. | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Length 32 cm Width 9 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M74 | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , I-2-4 1, Pl. 5a | |
Freed-etal-2009 , Fig. 119, pp 158-161 | |
Kamal-1901a , Annales ASAE II p. 40 | |
Tooley-1989 , p. 40 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-man-feeding-an-ox-143820
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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