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Terracotta's female figure. Sculpted with an elaborate hairstyle, a necklace and incised points around the navel and buttocks as a tattoo. These figures had a distinctly sexual and they are placed at chapels to invoke fertility or at tombs for the reincarnation of the deceased. 1985-1550 BC. Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) or Second Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

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Terracotta's female figure. Sculpted with an elaborate hairstyle, a necklace and incised points around the navel and buttocks as a tattoo. These figures had a distinctly sexual and they are placed at chapels to invoke fertility or at tombs for the reincarnation of the deceased. 1985-1550 BC. Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) or Second Intermediate Period. Origin unknown. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

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2595 x 4695 px | 34.9 MB

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22.0 x 39.8 cm | 8.7 x 15.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

12 DINASTIA • 12TH DYNASTY • 1550 BC • 1985 BC • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT EGYPT • ART • ARTS • BC BC BC • BELIEF • BELLY BUTTON • BELLYBUTTON • BRITAIN • BRITISH MUSEUM • BUTTOCKS • CARVING • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • COIFFURE • COLLAR • CREDENCE • DECEASED • DOCTRINE • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • FAITH • FAITHFULNESS • FECUNDITY • FEMALE • FEMALE. • FEMALES • FERTILITY • FIDELITY • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURILLA • FIGURINE • FRUITFULNESS • GREAT BRITAIN • GREAT-BRITAIN • HAIR FASHION • HAIR STYLE • HAIR STYLING • HAIRSTYLE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IMAGE • INCISED • INVOKE • KERAMEIKOS • LEGEND • LOYALTY • LUXOR • MIDDLE KINGDOM • NAKED • NAVEL • NECK RING • NECKLACE • NECKLACES • NUDE • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • ORIGIN UNKNOWN • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PIECE • POINT • POINTS • POTTERIES • POTTERY • REINCARNATION • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RITE • RUFF • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SCULPTURES • SECOND INTERMEDIATE PERIOD • SEX ORGAN • SEXUAL • SEXUALITY • SEXUALLY • STATUE • STATUES • STATUETTE • STONEWARE • STRANGER • TATOO • TATTOO • TATTOOS • TEBAS • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THÈBES • U. K. • UK • UMBILICUS • UNITED KINGDOM • UNKNOWN