Tomb Model

E14261

From: Egypt | Sedment

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E14261
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Sedment
Locus Tomb 2111, Tomb of Khentkhety
Period First Intermediate Period
Date Made 2130 - 1980 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Iconography Women | Basket
Description

Painted wooden tomb model of two female offering bearers. The first woman holds a duck in her right hand. Both women hold their left hands up to balance a basket on their head.

Height 34.5 cm
Width 4.8 cm
Depth 19.7 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921

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