持祭品的女子

Middle Kingdom

底比斯,阿萨西夫南部,梅克特之墓

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 136

在古王国时期的浮雕中,持食物祭品的女性身上标记着负责为这座坟墓的葬仪服务供应食物的庄园名称。这座衣着华丽的无名女子雕像头顶一篮食物,右手抓着一只鸭子,是为宫廷大管家梅克特之墓而造的,与它相伴的还有一尊目前在开罗的雕像。从她身上的珠宝和羽衣判断,这位妇人不仅仅是位仆人,也是位半神化的女性,她的角色融合了死者的守护女神伊西斯和涅芙狄斯的特征。

Estate Figure, Wood, gesso, paint

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