Model Type
	offering bearer
Description
	Tooley-1989 pp. 196-7: Unprovenanced purchase 1895. CG 496. H.38 cms (plate 39: 2). Female figure with feet together, entirely naked. The skin tone is yellowbrown. The body modelling reveals a slender physique with high hip bones, narrow shortened torso and elongated right forearm. The depression of the navel and small breasts are delicately rendered. The pubis is stippled black and the vulva marked. Across the torso is a double red and black bead string from the left shoulder. Around the neck is a string with a bulla bead pendant. Bracelets are also worn. The hair is short and full bottomed at the front, with deep striations across the head with a wide parting. At the back it falls into 4 sections. On the head is a tall trapezoid basket with lid supported by the straight left arm, the hand closing over the top. The right arm is bent in front of the body, the pierced hand empty (Borchardt 1925, 69-70, pl.84; Breasted 1948, 66). Similarities in the pose and particularly the slanting eyes suggest that this model came originally from Akhmim.
Site
	Akhmim
Date
	Mid to late 12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	Tooley-1989 p. 196
Museum
	Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
	CG 496
Breasted Classification
	IV-1-3-F 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. - Middle Kingdom.
Notes
	Catalogue Général (CG)
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Height 38 cm
References (Bibliography)
	Borchardt-1925 , Vol II, pp. 69-70 , Pl. 84
	BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-F 6
	Tooley-1989 , p. 196,229, Ill. 39:2
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/CG-496-2.jpg
	../IMG/CG-496.jpg

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