egypt-museum:Model of the foreleg of an oxThe smoothed edges on this foreleg of an ox indicate that
egypt-museum:Model of the foreleg of an oxThe smoothed edges on this foreleg of an ox indicate that it is not a fragment from an animal figure, but a complete three-dimensional object in its own right. In fact, this master-piece of wood carving is a miniature representation of a khepesh, the most important meat offering that ancient Egyptians presented to the gods and the deceased.New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1400-1295 BC. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -- source link