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Description: | Wooden model of male standing. 265mm high. Statue of tomb owner. First Intermediate Period or early Middle Kingdom. It is not known for certain why such figures were placed in tombs but perhaps they represented a 'reserve' body for 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: | 2081 B.C.-2055 B.C.
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom, early
Middle Kingdom, early | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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