Model Type
ploughing
Description
Breasted: 6. London, British Museum, [51091 - Breasted has 51090 by mistake] (Pl. 3b). Excellently preserved example: two oxen, with long horns, drawing plow with two handles held in the hands of the single figure. Man wears short cloth skirt and wig. His feet and those of the oxen are indicated. Even the binding, holding together the shaft and the plowshare, is preserved.
Provenance not stated. Cf. Ranke, Art of Ancient Egypt, Pl. 80
Site
Unknown
Museum
British Museum, London
Accession number
EA51091
Breasted Classification
I-1-2 PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Agricultural Scenes. - Man or men plowing.
Material
wood
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , I-1-2 6, Pl. 3b
Ranke-1936 , Pl. 80
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA51091

Links to Images and Other Refs

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