Model Type
offering bearer
Description
Breasted: 3. From Meir, tomb of Re-hetepi and Kayet. Carries vase on head, and holds another vase in left hand, goose in right.

Kamal describes the model thus:

3. The offering bearer is made of wood, and stands on a wooden base. It is 40cm. high and is painted yellow; she wears on her head a vase also painted in yellow and has black lines simulating the fabric of basketry. She holds a vase in her left hand, and a goose in her right hand. This is wrapped in a cloth. There is no inscription. The construction is very crude.
Kamal, Annales, XII (1912 p. 99).

Height 40 cm.

Site
Meir
Tomb
Re-hetepi and Kayet
Burial
Re-hetepi or Kayet
Museum
NK
Accession number
n/a
Breasted Classification
IV-1-3-F 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. - Middle Kingdom.
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 40 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-F 3.
Kamal-1912 , Annales ASAE XII p. 99



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