Model of a procession of offering bearers

 

Model of a procession of offering bearers

This funerary procession was discovered in a hidden chamber at the side of the passage leading into the rock cut tomb of the royal chief steward Meketre, who began his career under King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II of Dynasty 11 and continued to serve successive kings into the early years of Dynasty 12.

Two men and two women, probably Meketre’s sons and daughters, walk in step on a narrow base. Its yellow color places the scene in the desert on the way to the tomb. The first man carries a large libation vase and an incense burner for use in an offering ritual; the second balances a pile of linen on his head. One linen sheet is dyed red.Both women have baskets–the first containing beer bottles and conical loaves of bread, the second containing square loaves–and both women hold geese or ducks by their wings. Together the group is equipped with all the essentials for a proper burial and funeral ritual. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1981-1975 BC. From the Tomb of Meketre , Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

تمثال خشبي لامرأة تحمل سلة قرابين على رأسها - متحف اللوفر.

 تمثال خشبي مصري لامرأة تحمل قرابين، مصنوع من خشب التين المطلي،

 الأسرة الثانية عشرة المبكرة (حوالي 1950 قبل الميلاد). متحف اللوفر، باريس.

Wooden Statue of an Offering Bearer

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, c. 1981-1975 B.C.

From the Tomb of Meketre (TT280), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, West Thebes.

Met Museum. 20.3.7

امثلة اخري علي حملة القرابين