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Figura femenina portadora de ofrendas

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 105
En los relieves del Imperio Antiguo, las mujeres que portaban ofrendas de comida se identificaban con el nombre de la finca que debía suministrar provisiones para los ritos funerarios. Esta estatua anónima de una mujer ricamente ataviada, que lleva un cesto de comida sobre la cabeza y un pato en la mano derecha, fue creada—junto con su pareja que está en el museo de El Cairo—para la tumba del mayordomo real Meketre. A juzgar por sus joyas y su vestido de plumas no es una sirvienta sino un personaje de carácter cuasi divino, cuya función es similar a la de las diosas Isis y Neftis, cuidadoras de los difuntos.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Figura femenina portadora de ofrendas
  • Periodo: Imperio Medio, Dinastía XII, principio del reinado de Amenemhat I
  • Fecha: ca. 1981–1975 a. C.
  • Geografía: Tebas, al sur de Asasif, tumba de Meketre
  • Material: Madera, enlucido de yeso, pintura
  • Dimensiones: 112 x 16,5 cm x 46,5 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Rogers y donación de Edward S. Harkness, 1920
  • Número de inventario: 20.3.7
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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