Model Type
offering bearer
Description
Breasted - 2. Paris, Musee Guimet, Eg 3070 (Pl. 55b). Lower part of basket on her head is pyramidal, the upper part square. Provenance unknown. Early Middle Kingdom. Height. 47.5 cm.

Tooley-1989 p.208: Tomb C of pAxt-m-HAt. Louvre E20575. H.47.5 cms. Female figure in walking pose wearing a 2-strap dress and short full bottomed hair. On the head is a wide, shallow basket supported by the left arm, slightly bent at the elbow. In the pendant right hand is a small bird. The crude face has a wedge nose, slit mouth and large painted eyes with straight brows (Gayet 1902, 45, XIX; Breasted 1948, 63, p1.55b). Dated early 11 dyn. (p. 43).

Gayett (1902) p. 45Nearby there were some statuettes representing the servants of the tomb domain. The figurine of the fields of the funeral domain, a basket on the head, a bird in the hand (Pl. XIX); that of a slave, draped in a cloth coat. The rest was too worm-eaten to be specified. A varnished bronze mirror was in the hands of the dead woman. Bedside tables and sandals, for the way to the afterlife, completed this furniture.

Site
Sheikh Ibada
Tomb
Tomb C
Burial
pAxt-m-HAt
Date
Early MK
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 43
Museum
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Accession number
E 20575
Breasted Classification
IV-1-3-D SERVANTS CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR DECEASED, AND FUNERAL SCENES - Servants Carrying Supplies for Deceased. - Women servants singly, or in rows of two or more, bring supplies for deceased. - Eleventh dynasty.
Notes
previously (pre 1946) was Musee Guimet AccNo: Eg 3070
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 47.5 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-D 2, Pl. 55b
Gayet-1902 , pp. 44-45 Pl XIX
Tooley-1989 , pp. 43, 208
Museum Online Record Card
https://cartelen.louvre.fr/cartelen/visite?srv=car_not&idNotice=3034

Links to Images and Other Refs

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Offering_bearers_Louvre.jpg


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