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Fertility Figure

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Title/s	Fertility Figure
Category	figure
Name	figurine
Description	female fertility figure, with stylized features. Fertility figures were placed in tombs and graves as a refernce to fertility and rebirth in the afterlife. The swollen thighs and abdomens indicate that they are linked to fertility.
Field Collection	Egypt
Dimensions	length 12.2 cm width 4.3 cm
Period	Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period
Date	2119 B.C. — 1794 B.C.
Provenance	given: Hornblower, G.D. 1939 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Hornblower, G.D. (1929) [Unknown: JEA 15 (1929)] (1929) Source title: Journal of Egyptian Archaeology ( [comments: pl.IX, 1-2] Bourriau, J.D. (1988) Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom , Cambridge (Cambs.) (1988) Cambridge (Cambs.) [comments: no.120] Bourriau, J.D. (1981) Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest (1981) [comments: no.240]
Material/s	clay
Accession Number	E.188.1939 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 53882; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Fertility Figure