| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| beeswax figure | |
| Description | |
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GlobalEgMus web page: Figurine in beeswax This object modelled in beeswax belongs to a category of figurines which represent men and woman standing, the arms alongside the body. Certain authors consider them as the precurser to shabtis which appeared from the beginning of the Middle Kingdom. This figurine of a man, of which the proveance is not known with certainty (Gebelein ?), is in a good state of preservation and probably dates from the 11th Dynasty. Height= 13.3 (cm) Width= 4 (cm) Note Comparer Aegypten. Augenblicke der Ewigkeit (Exposition Bâle), Mayence 1997, 64-66 no. 37. Etat de conservation: Les pieds sont endommages. | |
| Site | |
| Gebelein | |
| Date | |
| Middle Kingdom - 11th Dyn. | |
| Museum | |
| Musées Royaux d`Art et d`Histoire, Brussels | |
| Accession number | |
| E.07264a | |
| Material | |
| beeswax | |
| Dimensions | |
| Height 13.3 cm Width 4 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| Huy-1998 , 35, 39 nº 233 | |
| Museum Online Record Card | |
| http://carmentis.kmkg-mrah.be/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=84304&viewType=detailView | |
| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=1240 | |
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