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Swimming woman funerary model. Right arm broken. Such figures are often represented holding a circular platter or a bowl for ointment. They evoke the goddess Nut as she brought forth the sun-god Re from the primaeval waters at the dawn of creation. This example may be a fake as the head is set strangely. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1925. See Freed, R. E. In 'Egypt's Golden Age. The Art of …