| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| file of offering bearers | |
| Description | |
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Breasted: 6. Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, 1921.1660. Two women carrying baskets on their heads: in each case the right arm is forward and has been bored at the lower end; each must have carried one of the two birds, which had also been bored, found in the same tomb (P. 41). From Sedment, tomb 2112 (of Mertetes). Ninth dynasty. Height: 26.5 cm.; breadth: 5.5 cm. Petrie- Brunton, Sedment, 1, Pl. XXXIX. National Museum of Scotland website: Wooden tomb model of two female offering bearers wearing dresses over one shoulder and tripartite wigs, each holds a basket on the head and a bird in the right hand: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Sedment, Tomb 2112, 9th Dynasty, c.2181-2025 BC | |
| Site | |
| Sedment | |
| Tomb | |
| 2112 | |
| Burial | |
| Mertetes | |
| Date | |
| FIP | |
| Ref. for dating | |
| Museum online cat. | |
| Museum | |
| National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | |
| Accession number | |
| A.1921.1660 | |
| Breasted Classification | |
| IV-1-3-C 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. - Intermediate period. | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| Dimensions | |
| Height 26.5 cm breadth 5.5 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| BreastedJnr-1948 , IV-1-3-C 6. | |
| Petrie-etal-1924 , pp. 7,12 | |
| Tooley-1989 , pp. 51,220, Ill. 57:2 | |
| Museum Online Record Card | |
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https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=300285
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| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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