Model Type
female servant figure
Description
Tooley-1989 (p.13) :
In the same part of the cemetery is tomb LVII ... A second burial in this tomb also yielded wooden servant figures (BM 45132, BM 45076, BM 45079, BM 45096, BM 45094, BM 45095. cf. Ryan 1988, 89).

BM Cat: A wooden female figure, standing with the left leg advanced, shown wearing a long white dress. The skin is painted yellow, with black paint on the short wig and on the eyes and brows. The paint has been applied over a thin coat of white plaster. The arms, original plinth and the lower part of the right leg are missing.

Site
Asyut
Tomb
Tomb LVII
Burial
Unknown
Date
6th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
BM Cat
Museum
British Museum, London
Accession number
EA45079
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height: 39.40 cm, Width: 6.70 cm, Depth: 6 cm
References (Bibliography)
Tooley-1989 , p. 13
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA45079




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