IDENTIFIERS
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id:	53884
accession number:	E.190.1939

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 8 June 2016

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: female figure, standing, wearing wig, feet missing. 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. This figure is shown wearing a Hathor wig as a link to the goddess, who could be linked to the West (afterlife) and fertility in general.
title:	statuette

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/53884





TECHNIQUES
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carved

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


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 11



CITATIONS
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[Unknown: JEA 15 (1929)]
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IMAGES

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