IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 58776 accession number: E.GA.4318.1943 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Friday 18 July 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: female figure, standing on base object type: Carved statuette of female figure standing and base. Figure has arms down by side, and carved pubic triangle. No obvious signs of applied pigment. Stands on square tenon which slots into aforementioned base. Doubtful authenticity of statue given the colour of the wood, and the 'shiny' nature of the wood. Unusually, the left side of the head sticks out further than the right. The arms are unusually long, and additionally appear glued on, rather than being applied with dowels. The base features a square hole, with five columns of text down the front, detailing an offering formula to Osiris. Whilst the majority of the text is grammatically correct, there are some peculiarities in terms of the spelling of 'Abydos', where the 'b' is seemingly omitted, and the hieroglyphs are carved at an angle, and with awkward sign placement. Moreover, there is only a single line of text on one side of the base, where there would typically be two, either a continuous line around the base, or two separate dedications. It is likely that this was an original base which has been repurposed/re-carved by someone who has emulated a formula found on another object. The underside of the base bears a handwritten note translating the inscription, and relays: "Translated by R.Engelbach. this dedication of a ka statuette from a sister to a sister is rare. Bought at Cairo 1928 - Price £ E 50 -". title: statuette LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/58776 CATEGORIES ------ category: figure DATING ------ DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 23 dimension: Height units: cm value: 3.6 dimension: Length units: cm value: 13 dimension: Width units: cm value: 4.5 dimension: Width units: cm value: 5.1