Model Type | |
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offering bearer | |
Description | |
Garstang Inventory: ii. Female figure with basket on head. ------------------------- 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 | |
Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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