Limestone servant statue: woman grinding grain
Limestone servant statue of kneeling woman grinding grain; female figure wearing sheath dress and close shaven hair, head upraised and looking forward.
Details
- ID
- HM_6-19812
- Alternate IDs
- HM_6-19812; 6-19812
- Department
- Hearst Museum, Berkeley
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
- Entry Date
- 1903–1904
- Title
- Limestone servant statue: woman grinding grain
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- 19.3 x 6.3 x 30.5 cm (7 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 12 in)
- Credit Line
- Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 1213, in chapel, in front of serdab and false door
- Bibliography
- Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, pp. 28, 31, fig. 30, pl. 42a. Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 58.
