Relief block depicting plucking and roasting fowl and herds crossing water
Object type: Relief, reused door sill, cooking fowl
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, late
Date: ca. 1962–1952 B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 95.2 cm (37 1/2 in.); W. 71.7 cm (28 1/4 in.)
Geography: From|Possibly from  |  Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Tomb of Nakht (493)
Locus: re-used as sill in a house
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Birds|Men|Cows|Cooking