Model Type
	brewing/female figure
Description
	GlobalEgMus web page: Statuette of a Female Brewer This statuette is of a female brewer leaning over a big jar preparing beer. This servant is shown half nude and wearing only a long white kilt. She wears a wig over her natural hair, which is visible on her forehead. Around her neck is a large multicoloured faience necklace. The servant is depicted raising her head slightly to show her face or as if talking to someone. The beer was prepared in a big jar using fermented barley bread sprayed with date liquor. When fermented, the beer would flow from a hole near the base of the jar. Height= 26.7 (cm) Width= 10 (cm) Length= 16 (cm)
Site
	Giza
Date
	5th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	GlobalEgMus page
Museum
	Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
	JE 66624
Material
	limestone
Dimensions
	Height 26.7 cm Width 10 cm Length 16 cm
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=14885
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/JE-66624-s.jpg

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