Model Type
offering bearer
Description
Breasted: 10. Paris, Louvre, E 11992 (Pl. 57, right-hand-most figure). Nude above waist; wears long, close-fitting white skirt and long white necklace.
From Asyut, tomb of Nakhti (No. 7). Height: 55 cm. Chassinat, op. cit., p. 49.
Tooley-1989 (pp. 199-200): Female figure in walking pose, wearing a white skirt, the hair and pigtail held by a white fillet. On the torso is a white necklace passing between the breasts. On the head is a small trapezoid basket supported by the left arm bent sharply at the elbow. Right arm broken. The slender physique, dress and arm pose separates this model from those in the chapel (Chassinat 1911, 49; Breasted 1948, 64, pl. 57; Vandier 1958, 149; Noblecourt 1981, 115, fig. 110). Dated as above.
Site
Asyut
Tomb
No. 7
Burial
Nakhti
Date
Late 11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 199
Museum
Musée du Louvre, Paris
Accession number
E 11992
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.
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 55 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-D 10, Pl. 57, right-hand-most figure
Chassinat-etal-1911 , p. 49
Tooley-1989 , p. 35, 199-200, 230
Museum Online Record Card
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010010181
Links to Images and Other Refs

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


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