Part of a hunting scene showing ostriches, ibexes, and a cub (upper register) and what appears to be a lizard and hunting dogs (lower register) in a hilly desert landscape. The upper part is the so-called Kheker Frieze. Hunting scenes were commonly depicted on walls of tombs, like this one. Sandstone, a fragment of a relief. From Egypt, precise provenance is unknown. Middle Kingdom, 12th dynasty, 1940-1750 BCE. It is on display the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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