Model Type | |
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milling | |
Description | |
Breasted: Athens Museum. Fifth dynasty, Wood. Cf. Capart, Recueil de Monuments, II, Pl. LIII. Height. 50 cm.; length: 90 cm. Provenance unknown. Hips rest on ankles. Back leans forward at 45 degree angle. Arms reach down and forward to grasp upper grinding stone. Upper surface of lower grinding stone curves upward at end nearest figure. Face looks down. No trace of original colour. But form is clearly that of a woman. Athens Museum Cat.: Wooden statue of a woman grinding cereals. From the mastaba of the official Ti in Saqqara. Old Kingdom. Fifth Dynasty, Reign of Niuserre, ca. 2416-2392 BC. | |
Site | |
Unknown | |
Date | |
5th Dyn. | |
Ref. for dating | |
Breasted | |
Museum | |
National Archaeological Museum of Athens, Athens | |
Accession number | |
X 910 | |
Breasted Classification | |
II-1-2-A-c PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD - The Making of Bread. - Kneeling man or woman grinding grain. - Single figures. - Fifth dynasty, wood. | |
Notes | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Height 50 cm, Length 90 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , II-1-2-A-c 1 | |
Capart-1902-1905 , Vol II, Pl LIII | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://web.archive.org/web/20120105105504/https://www.namuseum.gr/collections/egypt/oking/aking03-en.html
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wooden_statue_of_woman_grinding_grain._National_Archaeological_Museum,_Athens,_Greece_(3210590824).jpg | |
../IMG/Capart-53-Athens.jpg |
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