Description:
Mummiform figure of pinkish-beige terracotta, coated with red-brown slip. Long wig, long face, crossed arms, faintly protruding hands placed wide apart, facial features not defined. Back smooth, with indentation at bottom of wig. Faint traces of black paint on front for text column below arms (hieroglyphs almost entirely worn away). Coarse ware apparently tempered with straw.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; tombs; deaths; afterlife; religion; rituals; ceremonies; sculpture; agriculture

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