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Squeeze: relief from a tomb at Saqqara, now in Cairo

Egyptian
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
2465–2323 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt, Saqqarah (now in Cairo), Tomb

Medium/Technique Paper
Dimensions Width x length: 28.0 x 144.0 cm (11 x 56 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of James Davis
Accession Number78.142
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsReproductions

DescriptionScene of a grain harvest: three accountants, and a young boy, look on as two men fill grain-measures. To the far right, two men are depicted making obeisance to other scribes.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, tomb at Saqqara (now in Cairo). By 1878: James Davis Collection; 1878: Given by James Davis to the MFA.