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-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 carved stone relief depicting a person with an animal.
The relief features an ancient Egyptian scene with a human figure holding a bag or pouch, standing next to an animal, possibly a deer or gazelle, which is grazing. The style is that of low relief carving, commonly found in Egyptian art, with minimal background detail to emphasize the central figures. The composition suggests a scene from daily life or agricultural pursuit.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 86.226.30 tier-2
- BKM-Object 124817 tier-2
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