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Description | female figure, standing, wearing wig, feet missing. 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. This figure is shown wearing a Hathor wig as a link to the goddess, who could be linked to the West (afterlife) and fertility in general. |
Field Collection | Egypt |
Dimensions |
length 11
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Date | 2119 B.C. — 1794 B.C. |
Provenance | given: Hornblower, G.D. 1939 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Accession Number | E.190.1939 (Antiquities) |
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