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Squeeze: relief from an Old Kingdom tomb at Saqqara, now in Cairo
Old Kingdom
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Paper
Credit Line
Gift of James Davis
Accession Number78.185
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsReproductions
DescriptionAn Old Kingdom relief from a tomb in Saqqara, now in the Cairo Museum, depicting carpenters, dwarves making jewelery, sculptors and stone-vessel workers.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, tomb at Saqqara (now in Cairo). By 1878: James Davis Collection; 1878: Given by James Davis to the MFA.