Figurine of Woman
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Clay
DATES
ca. 2008â1352 B.C.E.
PERIOD
Middle Kingdom to early New Kingdom
DIMENSIONS
4 7/16 x 2 in. (11.2 x 5.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
07.447.526
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Fragmentary terracotta figurine of a nude woman, slightly steatopygous, with head and feet missing; stylized into a triangle, with slender body, very unnaturally wide horizontal shoulders, separately-moulded high-sitting small conical breasts. Straight arms, separated from body, hands laid beside thighs. No traces of hairdress. Fingers, wrists, pubic region, and a girdle on back above gluteal prominence are indicated by deep scratches. One hole for the navel, two holes in back at waist-level. Legs in front and back separated by a deep scratch and molded. Fine pottery, drab, almost white. Fine specimen.
Condition: Head and feet missing. A few slight abrasions.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Figurine of Woman, ca. 2008â1352 B.C.E. Clay, 4 7/16 x 2 in. (11.2 x 5.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.526. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.526.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, CUR.07.447.526.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.
RIGHTS STATEMENT
Creative Commons-BY
You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply.
Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply).
For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch.
For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright.
If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
RECORD COMPLETENESS
Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.
