Tomb Wall Fragment Depicting Offering Bearers and Butchers
Ancient Egyptian
Old Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 5–early Dynasty 6 (about 2445–2287 BCE)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
45 × 94.3 × 13.7 cm (17 3/4 × 37 1/8 × 5 3/8 in.)
Classification
architectural fragment
Department
Arts of Africa
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
120368
About the Artist
Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian artists, a collective of highly skilled artisans spanning over three millennia from the Predynastic period (c. 6000–3150 BC) to the Roman era (30 BC–4th century AD), produced some of humanity's most enduring masterpieces. These anonymous craftsmen, often organized in state-sponsored workshops, lived in dedicated communities like Deir el-Medina near Luxor during the New Kingdom (c....