IDENTIFIERS
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id:	53882
accession number:	E.188.1939

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 17 November 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: female fertility figure, with stylized features. Fertility figures were placed in tombs and graves as a refernce to fertility and rebirth in the afterlife. The swollen thighs and abdomens indicate that they are linked to fertility.
title:	figurine

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

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/53882





CATEGORIES
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category: figure

DATING
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creation date:	2119 - 1794
creation date earliest:	2119
creation date latest:	1794
culture:	Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 12.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 4.3



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	Umm el-Ga'ab
CITATIONS
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[Unknown: JEA 15 (1929)]
Pharaohs and mortals; Egyptian art in the Middle Kingdom
Umm El-Ga`ab : pottery from the Nile Valley before the Arab conquest
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