ECM.1591-2010
Parts
Object number
ECM.1591-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Ancient Egyptian offering bearer
Description
Female offering bearer of gessoed and painted wood, wearing white head cloth and close fitting white costume, inscribed casket on head steadied by left hand, right arm by side grasping duck; white calf driven before; on rectangular box
Comments
Web images used with permission of The Barber Institute
Other number
667
Description
Dimensions
Height: 44.0cm
Width: 15.5cm
Width: 15.5cm
Inscription
Seal bearer of the king of Lower Egypt, sole companion, overseer of prophets, the revered one Hapykem
Material
Wood
Production
Date
2145 BC
History and association
Associated person
Associated place
Meir
Object history note
Exhibited at the Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, "Meisterwerke agyptischer kunst schatze aus dem Myers Museum an Eton College", April 2004 - January 2005
Field collection
Collection place
Egypt
