Oxen (Primary Title)
Pair of Oxen (Former Title)

Unknown (Artist)

2040–1801 BC
Egyptian
wood, polychromed
Egypt
Overall: 7 7/8 × 2 1/4 × 9 in. (20 × 5.72 × 22.86 cm)
55.7.2
Part of a set "Oxen" (55.7.1)
Models of people and animals from Middle Kingdom tombs provide information about Egyptian daily life. Representations of cows and oxen were common in tombs because cattle were important to both economic and religious life. These two young oxen may originally have been part of a cattle-counting or butchering scene.
Dynasties 11-12
Middle Kingdom Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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