IDENTIFIERS
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id:	50994
accession number:	E.58.1907

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 7 April 2025

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 'Soul house'. These models provide a dwelling space for the soul of the deceased. It also combines offerings, which can be seen lying on the floor of the lower courtyard. There are stairs on the exterior to allow access to the upper floor.
object type: Clay 'soul house', likely slab-built with additionally elements (stairs, offerings, pillars) shaped by hand and attached. A wooden/plant fibre frame was first constructed, and the clay built around the frame which burnt away in firing. There is a hole visible in the right side of the house, at the height of the first storey, allowing a view through the side of the house. A handprint is also visible on the bottom of the soul house where it was carried following its completion.
title:	house

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities
creditline: Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1907

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/50994





CATEGORIES
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category: model

DATING
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creation date:	2055 - 1650
creation date earliest:	2055
creation date latest:	1650
culture:	12th Dynasty
culture:	Middle Kingdom


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: cm
value: 38

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 29

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 34



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Umm el-Ga'ab
title:	Maquetas Arquitectonicas de la Antigueded. Las primeras represetnaciones de la arquitectura de Sumeria a Roma, 300 BC - 300 AD
title:	Crete and Egypt
CITATIONS
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Gizeh and Rifeh
Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest
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