THE PROPERTY OF THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
A PAINTED LIMESTONE BAS-RELIEF FRAGMENT DEPICTING A PROCESSION OF OFFERING BEARERS, in the lower panel is a male figure carrying a covered vessel above his left shoulder and a bundle of papyrus stalks in his right hand, from which three heads appear, behind him a man carries a young gazelle, below whose hooves is written the hieroglyph for scribe, whilst in the upper panel, two pairs of male figures process (lower halves only visible), gripping a long pole, with red paint on the male bodies, green on the vessel and papyrus stalks, Old Kingdom, late Dynasty V-early Dynasty VI (2465-2150 B.C), probably from Saqqara

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A PAINTED LIMESTONE BAS-RELIEF FRAGMENT DEPICTING A PROCESSION OF OFFERING BEARERS, in the lower panel is a male figure carrying a covered vessel above his left shoulder and a bundle of papyrus stalks in his right hand, from which three heads appear, behind him a man carries a young gazelle, below whose hooves is written the hieroglyph for scribe, whilst in the upper panel, two pairs of male figures process (lower halves only visible), gripping a long pole, with red paint on the male bodies, green on the vessel and papyrus stalks, Old Kingdom, late Dynasty V-early Dynasty VI (2465-2150 B.C), probably from Saqqara
15 x 16in. (38.2 x 41cm), 1½in. (3.8cm.) thick

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