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Wooden statue of an official

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Title/s	Wooden statue of an official
Category	figure
Name	statue
Description	male figure, striding on base, staff (modern) in left hand.
Dimensions	height 55 cm
Period	Sixth Dynasty Old Kingdom
Date	2345 B.C. — 2181 B.C.
Provenance	bequeathed: Shannon, C.H. and C.S.Ricketts 1937 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Darracott, J. (ed.) (1979) All for Art; the Ricketts and Shannon collection , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Cambridge University Press (1979) Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Press [page: ] [comments: no. 11] (1982) Treasures of the Fitzwilliam Museum , Cambridge (Cambs.) : Pevensey Press (1982) Cambridge (Cambs.): Pevensey Press [page: 8-9] [comments: ] García Castro, J.A. [Unknown: Revista de Arqueología 8 [69] (1987)] [page: 51] Source title: Revista de Arqueología (1987) [comments: figure on this page] Serrano Delgado, J.M. [Unknown: Revista de Arqueología 13 [139] (1992)] [page: 12] Source title: Revista de Arqueología (1992) [comments: figure on this page] Malek, Jaromír Porter, Bertha Moss, Rosalind (1999) Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs and paintings. Vol. 8, Objects of provenance not known. Part 1, Royal statues. Private statues (Predynastic to Dynasty XVII) , Oxford : Griffith Institute (1999) Oxford: Griffith Institute [page: 268]
Material/s	wood
Accession Number	E.40.1937 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 53587; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Wooden statue of an official