Relief Representation of Goatherd with Goat and Trees
Description
Object Label: These three blocks originally were part of a large pastoral scene depicting the countryside surrounding a temple. A guard snoozes on the job at the temple entrance on the lower left, while a goatherd watches his goat as it grazes on the right. Trees and the line of the temple wall carry over to the upper block, where along another ground line, there is the face of a grazing calf and the legs of a man dancing. Pastoral scenes were invented by Amarna period artists. Scenes like this one were the source for later pastoral scenes in Egyptian art. Caption: Relief Representation of Goatherd with Goat and Trees, ca. 1350–1333 B.C.E.. Limestone, 8 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 2 1/2 in., 22.5 lb. (21 x 42.5 x 6.4 cm, 10.21kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.30. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) Tags Brooklyn Icons
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rectangular limestone relief shows a seated or crouching herdsman-like figure holding a staff or crook, accompanied by a goat and surrounding vegetation-like tree forms.
The image depicts a carved panel with a shallow relief scene. On the left, a large animal—likely a goat—stands or reclines in front of a human figure with one arm raised toward the animal. The human holds or is associated with a long staff/crook that extends upward near the right side of the figure. On the right, a smaller attendant/figure-like form and several angular, branch-like elements suggest trees or stylized vegetation. The carving is weathered with missing corners and abrasions, but the overall composition is consistent with a herding/goat-and-trees motif. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text are visible in the provided image; any marks appear to be erosion or non-inscription tool marks.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.226.30 tier-2
- BKM-Object 124817 tier-2
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