Model Type
ploughing
Description
Breasted: 5. New York, Metropolitan Museum, 36.5 Plow has single handle. Single figure wears short cloth skirt; white skirt also, painted on. Figure's left hand on plow handle; right hand holds stick. Feet immersed in soft soil. Body bends forward slightly. Oxen: black and white, spotted.
Provenance unknown. Length: 49.5 cm.; width: 19 cm.
Site
Unknown
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession number
36.5
Breasted Classification
I-1-2 PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Agricultural Scenes. - Man or men plowing.
Material
wood
Dimensions
Length 49.5 cm Width 19 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , I-1-2 5.
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/egyptian_art/model_of_farmer_plowing//objectview.aspx?OID=100000476&collID=10&dd1=10

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