Model Type | |
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offering bearer | |
Description | |
Breasted: 15. Cairo Museum, JE 46725 (Pl. 58b, left). This is one of the finest of this type of servant statue. With her left hand the woman steadies on her head a rectangular basket containing sealed wine jars. Her right hand, which is at her side, grasps a live duck by the wings. Her tight-fitting dress, ornamented with a simple series of horizontal zig-zag lines is supported by two broad straps, one over each shoulder. She wears wristlets and anklets, as well as a large necklace which is more like a collar. From Deir el Bahari, tomb of Meketre . Height. 123 cm. Winlock, MMA Bull., Dec., 1920, pt. II, fig. 9, left hand figure, p. 19. | |
Site | |
Qurneh | |
Tomb | |
TT280 | |
Burial | |
Meketre | |
Museum | |
Egyptian Museum, Cairo | |
Accession number | |
JE 46725 | |
Breasted Classification | |
IV-1-3-D 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. - Eleventh dynasty. | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Height 123 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-D 15, Pl. 58b, left | |
Tooley-1989 , pp. 32,189 | |
Tooley-1999 , Fig 18 | |
Winlock-1920 , MMA Bull, Dec. 1920, pt. II, fig. 9, left hand figure, p. 19 | |
Winlock-1955 , p. 39-43, Pls. 30,31 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=15287
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
../IMG/Breasted-SS-Pl-58-b-left.jpg | |
3D Model | |
https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/statue-of-offering-bearer-78eb576d8eec4ab080c6cf8643750e76 |
internal ID: 196