Model Type
offering bearer
Description
From Schneider, 1997:
Statue of female servant with calf, painted wood, 11th dynasty, Assiut ??
H. 58.4 cm, base 39.5 x 13.2 cm Inv f 1936/10.1
[...] This woman, carrying on her head a square basket with four sealed wine jars and holding a bird in her left had, represents the lowest stratum of Egyptian society, kitchen staff and beer makers. Behind her on the same base stands an animal, either a calf or a dog.
Site
Asyut
Date
11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Schneider 1997, p. 84
Museum
Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden
Accession number
F 1936/10.1
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 58.4 cm base 39.5 x 13.2 cm
References (Bibliography)
Schneider-1997 , nr. 114.
Tooley-1989 , p. 185
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.rmo.nl/en/collection/search-collection/collection-piece/?object=22384#

Links to Images and Other Refs

https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=14261


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