Model Type
file of offering bearers
Description
Procession of male offering bearers lead by BMFA 21.11769.
BMFA web site: Model of a procession of male offering bearers
Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, late Dynasty 11 - early Dynasty 12
Length x width: 64.5 x 15 cm (25 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
This procession is led by a priest, followed by a scribe holding his writing board and palette under his arm. The remainder of the figures bear food offerings, including loaves of bread stacked on one man's arms.
Harvard University/Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, 1921
Site
el-Bersheh
Tomb
10A
Burial
Djehutinakht
Date
Late 11th to early 12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Freed-etal-2009, App. B
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession number
21.12494
Material
wood
Dimensions
Length x Width 64.5 x 15 cm
References (Bibliography)
Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M148
Freed-etal-2009 , Fig. 117, pp 157-158
Tooley-1989 , p. 206
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-procession-of-male-offering-bearers-335794

Links to Images and Other Refs


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