1. Fragment of relief sculpture carved in extremely shallow raised relief showing a man carrying papyrus. He is facing towards the viewer's right with close cropped hair and wearing a short kilt typical of the Old Kingdom style. He has the harvested papyrus slung on his back, kept in place by means of a rope held in his hands. Part of a register line appears at the top of the relief and there are the remains of another object or figure in the lower right corner. Limestone. The surface is worn and ; weathered with serious scratching and pitting. Slight traces of pigment remain, most notably fleshtone pigment on the bearer's far leg. Old Kingdom. Dynasties 5 - 6. ca. 2494 - 2345 B.C. Egypt; YPM ANT 249984 Geographic region: Egypt Time period: Old Kingdom Medium: stone
