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Description: | Wooden model arms missing. Female porter. 290mm high. 1st Intermediate Period-Early Middle Kingdom. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1929. Such objects were put in tombs to carry out the work for the deceased in the afterlife. It is also possible that these enabled relatives of the deceased be included as representations in the tomb of the deceased. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 2686 B.C.-2055 B.C.
Old Kingdom - First Intermediate Period | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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