Model Type
	file of offering bearers/offering bearer
Description
	Breasted: 1. Cairo Museum. Tenth dynasty. There are two rows of figures: nine women in one, and ten men in the other. The women, all of whom wear long, white dresses from the shoulders to above the ankles, are about one-third again as large as the men. They themselves vary somewhat in stature. Their offerings include: a sealed beer jug, a rectangular basket full of sealed jars, a circular basket full of the same, a boat-shaped basket full of cylindrical objects, a rectangular basket with a joint of meat on top, and four other baskets whose contents cannot be identified. The men wear only short white skirts. They bring a basket containing a large pyramidal object, a bowl of charcoal and a fan, a headrest, a chest of clothing (carried by two men on their shoulders), and other unidentifiable objects. From Sakkara, tomb of Karenen. Length: 165 cm. Quibell, Excav. at Saq. (1906-1907), Pl. XV, text, p. 8.
Site
	Saqqara
Tomb
	Karenen
Burial
	Karenen
Date
	Late 11th to early 12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	Tooley-1989 p. 56.
Museum
	Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
	JE 39126
Breasted Classification
	IV-1-4 SERVANTS CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR DECEASED, AND FUNERAL SCENES - Servants Carrying Supplies for Deceased. - Processions of men and women servants bringing supplies.
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Length 165 cm
References (Bibliography)
	BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-4 1.
	Quibell-1908 , Pl. XV, text, p. 8
	Ranke-1936 , Pl. 77
	Tooley-1989 , pp. 56,224,236-7
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/QuibSaqq-06-7-Pl-XV.jpg

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