Model Type | |
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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
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Offering_bearers_Louvre.jpg | |
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