Statuette of the deceased Kenken

Statuette of the deceased Kenken

Statuette of a woman sitting on a rectangular seat with a base in the form of a paralelepiped. The rather short hair hangs down to her shoulders and is parted in the middle. The woman wears a long tunic with a V-shaped neckline, a wide decorated collar and bracelets rendered in relief on the wrists and merely painted on the ankles.

Present location MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number 1815

Dating 5TH DYNASTY (not before); OLD KINGDOM; 6TH DYNASTY (not after)

Archaeological Site UNSPECIFIED

Category FIGURINE/STATUETTE

Material LIMESTONE

Technique HEWN; PAINTED

Height 23 cm

Translation

Kenken

Bibliography•E. Schiaparelli, Museo Archeologico di Firenze-Antichità Egizie, Roma, 1887, pg. 190, n. 1496

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