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Figure of a man with a hoe, from Assiut, Egypt, 6th Dynasty, c2250 BC. By the New Kingdom (c1550-1070 BC) the deceased was expected to perform manual labour, especially in the fields, in the afterlife. In order to avoid this, small shabti figures were included in the tomb. These shabti figures were supposed to work on behalf of the deceased, and were represented carrying agricultural tools. They often held hoes crossed over their chests, ready to start work as soon as they were called. The tomb owners of the Middle Kingdom (c2040-1750 BC) were determined that their provisions for the afterlife should last for all eternity. Their tombs were equipped with models of various stages of the process of producing grain for bread, one of the main offerings to maintain the deceased in the Afterlife. EA, 45195
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Figure of a man with a hoe, from Assiut, Egypt, 6th Dynasty, c2250 BC. By the Ne...

Servant wearing panther skin offering lotus to God Osiris (depicted with flail and crook - his devine regalia). Late Period (26th dynasty).
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Servant wearing panther skin offering lotus to God Osiris (depicted with flail a...

Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depicted on both sides of the nilometer - monuments destined to measure the water level of the river Nile. Antinopolis, Egypt; 7th-8th century CE. E 28990
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Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depi...

Statue of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE), from Nimrud, northern Iraq. It was placed in the temple of Ishtar Sharrat- niphi to remind the goddess Ishtar of the king's piety. Made of magnesite on a pedestal of reddish stone. In his right hand Ashurnsirpal holds a sickle,to fight monsters, the mace in his left hand shows his authority as vice-regent of the supreme god Ashur. ANE, 118871
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Statue of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE), from Nimrud, northern Iraq. It was pla...

Relief of a harvest scene from the mastaba of Ipi. Saqqara, Egypt; Old Kingdom (5th dynasty).
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Relief of a harvest scene from the mastaba of Ipi. Saqqara, Egypt; Old Kingdom...

An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a treadmill. Around 30 BCE, Roman Period, Egypt.
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An Egyptian terracotta figurine showing a man driving an Archimedean screw as a...

Scenes from rustic life 1578; Afghanistan, Herat brown ink with heightened brown, black, white and gold; 26cm x 15,70cm OA 7111
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Scenes from rustic life 1578; Afghanistan, Herat brown ink with heightened bro...

Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activities that may be interpreted as rituals in honour of Demeter, a goddess mostly concerned with women's lives, agriculture and fertility. The first man whom Demeter had taught to plough was Bouzyges and members of that Athenian family performed an annual ceremony at the foot of the Acropolis. GR 1906.12-15.1
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Black-figured "Siana" cup, Greek, 575-550 BCE. Both sides of this cup show activ...

Temple of Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Paestum. The Doric temple has 34 fluted columns (6th BCE). 32.8 x 14.54 cm
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Temple of Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture, Paestum. The Doric temple has 34 fluted...

Indian nasturtium; stem,leaves and red flowers; seeds in lower right. From "The British herbal,containing one hundred plates of the most beautiful and scarce flowers and useful medicinal plants, which blow in the open air of Great Britain", by John Edwards, London 1770. ID: 452.h.7
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Indian nasturtium; stem,leaves and red flowers; seeds in lower right. From "The...

Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places in Japan" (Rokujyuyosho Meisho Zue) Woodblock Print, in Colour Japan, 1857
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Rice planting during a summer shower. Sheet from the series "60 Famous Places i...

Harvesting of rice. Watercolour. China; Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century CE.
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Harvesting of rice. Watercolour. China; Yuan dynasty, 13th-14th century CE.