Model Type | |
---|---|
offering bearer | |
Description | |
Tooley-1989 (p.198): Hogarth tomb XIV. BM 45055. H.42.3 cms (plate 40: 1). Female figure in walking pose wearing a white skirt with braces passing between the breasts. The hair is short, full bottomed and held in a white fillet. On the head is a tall trapezoid basket with integral lid supported by the left arm bent at the elbow, the hand held up straight. The bird is missing from the pendant right hand. The face has a wedge nose, lightly indicated mouth, painted eyes with inner canthi marked and fishtail cosmetic line. The brows are straight, falling at the outer edges. Dated by stylistic similarity to Louvre E11990, 11 to early 12 dyn. | |
Site | |
Asyut | |
Tomb | |
Tomb XIV | |
Burial | |
Unknown | |
Date | |
11th to early 12th Dyn. | |
Ref. for dating | |
Tooley-1989 p. 198 | |
Museum | |
British Museum, London | |
Accession number | |
EA45055 | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Height 42.3 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
Tooley-1989 , pp. 36,198,230, Ill. 40:1 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
URL: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA45055 | |
Links to Images and Other Refs | |
![]() ../IMG/Tooley-PHD-plate-040-1-s.jpg |
internal ID: 556