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Clay execration figure
Female captive figure, with hands tied behind back and tattoo marks. The figure represents a bound woman, whose tattooed body and short wig suggests that she was foreigner.
Length: 12 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Hornblower, G. D., OBE
First Intermediate Period-Middle Kingdom
Circa
-2160
-
Circa
-1650
Accession number: E.189.1939
Primary reference Number: 53883
Oldadmincategory: P
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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