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Scenes of workers and workshops.



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Two boatsmen hoisting sails on a granary boat. Limestone relief, 5th Dynasty (25th-23rd BCE), Old Kingdom, Egypt. Height: 22 cm Inv. R 1218
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Two boatsmen hoisting sails on a granary boat. Limestone relief, 5th Dy...

Fishermen, pulling in nets, fishing with baskets. Thebes, tomb of Ipy, No.217 Period of Ramses II (1292-1225 BCE) Ancient Egyptian paintings,selected,copied & described by Nina M.Davies;plate XCIX
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Fishermen, pulling in nets, fishing with baskets. Thebes, tomb of Ipy, No....

Brewery scene: two workers grind grain;next to them the brewer with the big brewing-vat and the smaller bottles for the finished beer. Painted wood, L:29,5 cm,H:14,4 cm 2033-1710 BCE. E27164
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Brewery scene: two workers grind grain;next to them the brewer with the big...

Merchant carrying a pair of scales for weighing metals. Funeral stele from Marash, Northern Syria. Neo-Hittite, 8th BCE Basalt, 49 x 31,5 cm AO 19221
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Merchant carrying a pair of scales for weighing metals. Funeral stele from Maras...

Phoenician trade ship. Tail end of a sarcophagus
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Phoenician trade ship. Tail end of a sarcophagu...

Carpenter. Terracotta relief, period of the Amorite Dynasties (2000-1595 BCE) From Warka (Uruk), Mesopotamia H: 8 cm AO 6694 bis
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Carpenter. Terracotta relief, period of the Amorite Dynasties (2000-1595 BCE...

Two men binding papyrus. Carved ivory relief after an Egyptian original (2nd half 9th BCE) from Hadatu (Arslan-Tash), Northern Syria Height 10.4 cm
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Two men binding papyrus. Carved ivory relief afte...

Bearded baker in long chiton with pastry sitting on a stool in front of his oven. Terracotta figurine with remnants of white engobe (early 5th BCE), from Boeotia, Greece. Height 9.4 cm. Inv. R 1170
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Bearded baker in long chiton with pastry sitting on a stool in fr...

Pastry vendor in long chiton with diadem and necklace. Terracotta figurine, white, red, black, yellow engobe (2nd half 6th BCE) from Tanagra, Boeotia, Greece. Height 10.5 cm. CA 1731
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Pastry vendor in long chiton with diadem and necklace. Terracotta...

4 persons working in a kitchen with sideboard and stove. Relief from the funeral monument of the Secundi family in Igl, Saarland. Gallo-Roman
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4 persons working in a kitchen with sideboard and stove...

Scene in a cloth shop, weighing rolls of cloth. Black-figured jug (oenochoe), terracotta (mid 6th BCE), Attic Height: 22.5 cm Inv. IV 1105
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Scene in a cloth shop, weighing rolls of cloth. Black-figured jug (oenoc...

Horse-drawn chariot with large jars, drivers. Black-figured cup, ribbon design (around 525 BCE). Reverse side of 10-03-02/47 F 77
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Horse-drawn chariot with large jars, drivers. Black-figured cup, ribbo...