HUMAN FIGURINE
The wooden figurine, which was purchased during the
public sale of the Amherst collection at London in 1921, consists only
of a naked torso surmounted by a head with a pointed beard. The person
represented has lost the upper limbs which were once held in place by
the tenons at the chest. Of the lower limbs only a part of the right
thigh has survived. The function of the quadrangular hole, hollowed out
in the abdominal region, is not clear: could it have served to fasten a
kilt or to provide a place of attachment for the genitalia? The most
characteristic detail is nevertheless the enormous protruding thorax and
the dorsal hump due to a pronouced curvature of the vertebral column.
The paleopathological exam of the symptoms prove that this person was
struck in childhood by vertebral tuberculosis.
PRE DYNASTIC PERIOD
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD
Pictures from the land of Ptah and Imhotep,
Types of Ancient Egyptian Statuary,
Life in Ancient Egypt,
Fisherman, The dwarf,
the Phallos and the hump,
Height 10.2
(cm) Width 6.7
(cm) Length
(cm) Depth 3.7
(cm) Diameter
(cm) Weight
(grs)
PRE DYNASTIC PERIOD
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD
Pictures from the land of Ptah and Imhotep,
Types of Ancient Egyptian Statuary,
Life in Ancient Egypt,
Fisherman, The dwarf,
the Phallos and the hump,
Height 10.2
(cm) Width 6.7
(cm) Length
(cm) Depth 3.7
(cm) Diameter
(cm) Weight
(grs)
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