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Description: | This wooden figurine is depicted as seated, perhaps originally on a slope, due to the angle at which the bottom is carved. The right arm is remaining, and the dowel that would have attached the left is also present. The clothing, skin, and facial features are painted in white, brown, and black paint, respectively. John Garstang's excavations at Beni Hassan, Middle Egypt, 1902-3.
During the Middle Kingdom (c.2055-1650 BC) tombs were cut into the limestone hills next to the Nile river to house the bodies of the rulers of that Nome. Shaft graves are also present for lesser ranking officials and workers. The higher ranking tombs includes that of local rulers Amenemhet, Bakt, Kheti, Khnumhotep I and Netjernackt. There are 39 tombs in all.
Accession number: NCM 1933-280/3 | Subjects: | death EGYPTIAN toys? | Temporal: | 2466BC-2200BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Creator: | maker; excavator John Garstang | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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