Cattle Butchering Scene from Saqqara (Illustration)

Illustration

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 02 January 2015

Cattle Butchering Scene from Saqqara — Limestone relief depicting men slaughtering cows. From the tomb of Nianchnesut, Saqqara (Sakkara), modern-day Egypt. Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasties, circa 2300 BCE. (State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).

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Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, January 02). Cattle Butchering Scene from Saqqara. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3479/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Cattle Butchering Scene from Saqqara." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 02 Jan 2015. Web. 19 Jun 2019.