Description:
Mummiform figure of turquoise faience. Protruding elbows, arms crossed left over right, tapering lower body, flat back. Black paint for dotted eyes, two hoes, headband with streamers (which dates this object to the Third Inermediate Period), and a half-moon-shaped seed bag placed at angle over left shoulder. Also black paint for text below hands starting with "the Osiris..." (rest worn away).

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

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