Goats and Herdsman
Description
Object Label: This fragment of a scene depicting a herdsman leading goats is based on tomb scenes carved nearly two thousand years earlier in the Old Kingdom. Two similar reliefs of a herdsman with a calf, carved in Dynasty 30, about three hundred years later, can be seen on the other side of this case. The revival of such motifs from Egyptian history suggests a keen appreciation of the past. Caption: Goats and Herdsman, ca. 670–650 B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 × 13 × 7/8 in. (12.7 × 33 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 58.31. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A relief fragment depicting a row of animals with a partially visible human figure.
The artifact is a fragmentary limestone relief showing four oryx, a type of antelope, carved in profile. The oryx are depicted in a walking posture, emphasizing their long, curved horns. Part of a human figure is visible on the right side, suggestive of a larger scene. The carving is detailed and the style is indicative of ancient Egyptian artistry, with a focus on linear patterns and proportion.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 58.31 tier-2
- BKM-Object 74423 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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