| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| offering bearer | |
| Description | |
|
Garstang Inventory: ii. Female figure with basket on head. ------------------------- Tooley-1989 p.215: Tomb BH277 (plate 50:2). Location unknown, dimensions unknown. Female figure with feet together, naked (?) except for a strip of linen. Long hair. Tall trapezoid basket supported by the straight left arm, the right pendant. The face has a wedge nose, painted eyes outlined and with a cosmetic line, the brows curved. The funerary mask with which the model was found (SAOS neg. B430) implies a 12 dyn. date | |
| Site | |
| Beni Hasan | |
| Tomb | |
| BH 277 | |
| Burial | |
| Unknown | |
| Date | |
| 12th Dyn. | |
| Ref. for dating | |
| Tooley-1989 p. 215 | |
| Museum | |
| NK | |
| Accession number | |
| n/a | |
| Breasted Classification | |
| IV-1-3 SERVANTS CARRYING SUPPLIES FOR DECEASED, AND FUNERAL SCENES - Servants Carrying Supplies for Deceased. - Women servants singly, or in rows of two or more, bring supplies for deceased. | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| Garstang-1907a , Inventory pp. 211-243 | |
| Tooley-1989 , p. 214-5, Ill. 50:2 | |
| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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