Model Type
offering bearer
Description
Garstang Inventory: ii. Female figure with basket on head.
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Tooley-1989 p.215: Tomb BH277 (plate 50:2). Location unknown, dimensions unknown. Female figure with feet together, naked (?) except for a strip of linen. Long hair. Tall trapezoid basket supported by the straight left arm, the right pendant. The face has a wedge nose, painted eyes outlined and with a cosmetic line, the brows curved. The funerary mask with which the model was found (SAOS neg. B430) implies a 12 dyn. date
Site
Beni Hasan
Tomb
BH 277
Burial
Unknown
Date
12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 215
Museum
NK
Accession number
n/a
Breasted Classification
IV-1-3 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.
Material
wood
References (Bibliography)
Garstang-1907a , Inventory pp. 211-243
Tooley-1989 , p. 214-5, Ill. 50:2
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