Fragment of a Manger with Ibexes
Date: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
Dimensions:
H: 10 in. (25.4 cm); W: 21 1/4 in. (54 cm); W: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Medium: Limestone with paint
Place of Origin: Egypt, from Akhetaten (modern Amarna)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number: 1925.744
Label Text:Fourteen limestone mangers—feeding troughs carved with images of both wild and domesticated animals—were found in a large animal pen at Pharaoh Akhenaten’s great palace at Amarna. The pen probably doubled as a place to keep animals needed for sacrifices and as a zoo. The imagery is appropriate, showing two alert and lively ibexes approaching a manger and a meal. The spontaneous naturalism of this scene displays an important aspect of the experimental art of the era of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
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