{"pk":3955,"title":"Female Figurines (Pharaonic Period)","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Figurines of nude females are known from most periods of Pharaonic Egyptian history and occur in a variety of contexts. Female figurines were fashioned from clay, faience, ivory, stone, and wood. A generic Egyptian term for “female figurine” is rpyt; terms specifically for clay figurines include sjn (n Ast), rpyt nt sjnt, and rpyt Ast. Formerly interpreted largely as “concubine” figures, female figurines are now regarded as components of magico-medical rites to protect and heal.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"human fertility"},{"word":"gender"},{"word":"Sexuality"},{"word":"magic"},{"word":"Medicine"},{"word":"ritual"},{"word":"execration"},{"word":"ceramic art"},{"word":"terracottas"},{"word":"ISIS"},{"word":"Mut"},{"word":"Selqet"},{"word":"Hathor"},{"word":"Nut"},{"word":"Taweret"},{"word":"Archaeological Anthropology"},{"word":"Art History, Criticism and Conservation"},{"word":"Near Eastern Languages and Societies"}],"section":"Material Culture, Art and Architecture","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4dg0d57b","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Elizabeth","middle_name":"","last_name":"Waraksa","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Los Angeles","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2007-10-16T07:00:00Z","date_accepted":"2007-10-16T07:00:00Z","date_published":"2008-04-13T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/nelc_uee/article/3955/galley/2531/download/"}]}