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Description: | Pottery figure of a woman lying on a bed. The woman is shown frontally, and she is nursing a small child at her left breast. She is naked except for her long hair or wig, and a pair of heavy ear-rings. Her right arm is bent across her body, holding her left breast, and her left arm is at her side. Traces of red and black paint on surface; the feet of the figure are broken away.
Figures like these were used as offerings, especially in tombs, to symbolize fertility and rebirth. They have been found in both male and female burials.
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Material: Pottery | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.103821 | Go to resource |
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