Egyptian Statuette of a Peasant Using a Hoe

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 22 March 2018
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This painted wooden statuette depicts a man wearing a kilt and holding what appears to be a hoe or a mattock. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BCE. From tomb 45 at Asyut, modern-day Egypt. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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. (2018, March 22). Egyptian Statuette of a Peasant Using a Hoe. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8365/egyptian-statuette-of-a-peasant-using-a-hoe/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Egyptian Statuette of a Peasant Using a Hoe." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 22, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8365/egyptian-statuette-of-a-peasant-using-a-hoe/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Egyptian Statuette of a Peasant Using a Hoe." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 22 Mar 2018. Web. 21 Dec 2024.

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