Model Type
fragmentary - servant
Description
GlobalEgMus web page: Wooden figure of a servant
Beginning in the late Old Kingdom, wooden group-models representing servants producing food and drink and other necessities were placed in tombs. These acted as magical substitutes for real individuals, and guaranteed the deceased a perpetual supply of nourishment.
Height= 11.5 (cm)
Note Site: From the Temple of Mentuhotep at Deir el-Bahari.
Site
Thebes
Date
Middle Kingdom - 11th Dyn.
Museum
National Museum of Ireland, Archaeology, Dublin
Accession number
1907:468
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 11.5 cm
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=2321

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