Model Type | |
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offering bearer | |
Description | |
Garstang Inventory: ii. Wood figure of girl carrying basket on head. Tooley-1989 (p209): Tomb BH76. Ash. E2307. H.20.5 cms (plate 46:1). Female figure in walking pose wearing a skirt outlined in blue and covered by a strip of linen. The long hair is painted on the shoulders. Below the skirt the pubis is painted blue. Originally on the head (SAGS neg. B414) was a trapezoid basket supported by the left arm bent at the elbow. | |
Site | |
Beni Hasan | |
Tomb | |
BH 76 | |
Burial | |
Unknown | |
Museum | |
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | |
Accession number | |
AN1896-1908.E.2307 | |
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 20.5 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
Garstang-1907a , Inventory pp. 211-243 | |
Tooley-1989 , p. 209, Ill. 46:1 | |
Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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