Model Type
fragmentary - male figure
Description
GlobalEgMus web page: Statuette of a porter
The statuette represents a standing man holding a sack on his shoulders. He wears a knee-long garment and a wig covering his ears. The body is painted red, the whites and the garment are white, the wig, brows, eyelids and pupils are black. The statuette of a porter originally was a part of a model of a granary that could include the scenes of bringing and measuring corn.
Height= 38.5 (cm)
Note For parallels see J.H.Breasted, Egyptian Servant Statues. Washington, 1948, pl.51. Preservation: The feet are lost, the nose tip is damaged. The surface is weathered, pigments are partly lost.
Site
Unknown
Date
Middle Kingdom
Museum
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Accession number
4915
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 38.5 cm
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=13511

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