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Middle Kingdom
On the front of the base is written: " Large invocation offerings of bread and beer, cattle and fowl for the ka (life force) of the honored steward Senbi."
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Title: Statuette of the Steward Senbi
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, early
Date: ca. 1981–1885 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Middle Egypt, Meir
Medium: Wood, painted; copper alloy eye sockets, white crystal eye balls, black paste iris
Dimensions: H. 41 cm (16 1/8 in.); W. base 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); D. 18 cm (7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Accession Number: 11.150.27
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