Limestone servant statue: woman straining mash for beer

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 1213

Limestone servant statue of woman straining mash for beer; female figure leaning forward and pressing hands into vessel, wearing sheath dress and close shaven hair, dress painted red, skin yellow, vessel red, and base painted black, negative space between arms has not been removed.

ID

HM_6-19811
Department

Hearst Museum, Berkeley
Classification

Sculpture
Findspot

Mastaba G 1213, in serdab
Material

Limestone
Dimensions

23 x 9.3 x 30.3 cm (9 1/16 x 3 11/16 x 11 15/16 in)
Credit Line

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, Hearst Egyptian Expedition
Object Ownership Information

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
Period

Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5 or Dynasty 6
Date of Register Entry

1903–1904
Object owned by

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

G 1213
- Site Name Western Cemetery

Lutz, Henry F. <I>Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California</I>. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930.<BR>
- Date: 1930

Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with Cincinnati Art Museum, 1996, pp. 91-92, cat. 28b.

Lutz, Henry F. Egyptian Statues and Statuettes in the Museum of Anthropology of the University of California. University of California Publications. Egyptian Archaeology 5. Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs, 1930, pp. 27-28, pl. 41a.

Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, p. 58 (identified as male figure).