Model Type
file of offering bearers
Description
Tooley-1989 p. 224:
Saqqara 1934. JE 63255. H.22 cms (plate 62). A procession of (originally) 14 figures, 6 females and 8 males in graded heights. The females stand with feet together wearing 1-strap dresses and hair in pigtails (one has long hair). On the heads are trapezoid baskets with basketry marked and projecting bases, which contain jars, supported by the straight left arms. In the right hands birds and blossoms are carried. Like the above group, the male figures carry baskets, chests, sheets and a stretcher (between 2), with hand held offerings including fans. Probably 11 dyn.
Site
Saqqara
Date
11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 224
Museum
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
JE 63255
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 22 cm
References (Bibliography)
Tooley-1989 , pp. 224, 236-7, Ill. 62:
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=15648

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