Female Offering Bearer

4th century B.C.E.

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Object Label

This semi-clad woman in a fringed coat and shawl must once have been part of a row of tomb figures bringing offerings for the deceased. She carries flowers draped over one arm and a pot in one hand. To judge from comparable reliefs whose dates and provenances are known, the tomb from which the relief came was a work of the fourth century B.C. in Lower Egypt.

Caption

Female Offering Bearer, 4th century B.C.E.. Limestone, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 7/8 in. (13.8 × 11.2 × 2.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 72.12. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Female Offering Bearer

Date

4th century B.C.E.

Period

Late Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Limestone

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 7/8 in. (13.8 × 11.2 × 2.3 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

72.12

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