Relief fragment with man leading a calf

Relief fragment with man leading a calf

The fragment shows the fringe of a kilt and the legs of a man with exceptionally long feet. The fringe of another part of his short kilt is just visible. The slender legs overlap a male calf on a rope. The calf has some kind of flower around its neck, possibly a bulrush bud. Part of a bag(?) carried by the preceding figure is visible. Calf and feet walk on a base line. The representation is finely executed in high relief.

Present location ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number APM 7790

Dating PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site UNKNOWN

Category RELIEF

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HIGH RELIEF

Height 9.2 cm

Width 12 cm

Depth 2 cm

Bibliography•F.W. von Bissing, Denkmäler ägyptischer Sculptur, Lieferung 10, 1909, pl. 102,1

•R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus APM), 1984, 39 (nr. 43)

•onbekend (museum Brussel), Van dieren en mensen (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1988, 183 (nr. 191)

•W.M. van Haarlem (ed.), CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. III, 1995, 56-57

•W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 58

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