Model Type
offering bearer
Description
Tooley-1989 (p.200): Hogarth tomb VI. BM 45074. H.52.1 cms (plate 40:3). Female figure in walking pose wearing a white dress with one strap over the left shoulder and short full bottomed hair held in a white fillet. The nipples are indicated by groups of black dots. On the head is a trapezoid basket with integral lid, the basketry marked in black, supported by the left arm slightly bent at the elbow, the hand straight up. In the pendant right hand, held by the wings is a large duck. The triangular face is crudely modelled with a wedge nose, no mouth and painted eyes, outlined in black with fishtail cosmetic lines and brows which curve. Dated 11 dyn. (p. 36).
Site
Asyut
Tomb
Tomb VI
Burial
Unknown
Date
11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 36
Museum
British Museum, London
Accession number
EA45074
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 52.1 cm
References (Bibliography)
Tooley-1989 , pp. 36,200,230, Ill. 40:3
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA45074

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