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Egyptian Art

Note 77 — XVIII THREE STATUETTES IN WOOD (The Louvre)

Elizabeth Lee translation

Champollion, “Notice descriptive des monuments égyptiens du Musée Charles X,” 1827, 8vo, describes the object as follows: “85. Hard wood. A woman named Naï, standing, dressed in a long fringed tunic, hair plaited. The statuette was dedicated by her brother, Phtah-Maï, auditor of justice,” pp. 68–9. Now the little figure is numbered 37; it is in case A of the “Salle civile” (first shelf).

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