\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Not much over thirty centimeters, or twelve inches high, this small wooden statue plated with gold rivals the refinement of the great
works of sculpture.\par
It depicts the Lady Nai and the inscription on the base tells us it was dedicated to her by her brother, Ptahmai.\par
The young woman has a hairstyle very similar to that of the lady of Tu: a heavy wig with tresses adorned with
a gold diadem that falls onto her shoulders.\par
A smooth fringe of the womanÆs natural hair sticks out at the forehead.\par
Her neck and wrists are adorned with jewelry, while a strip of embroidery runs along the vertical hem of the dress.\par
In her
left hand she is holding a scepter in the form of a stylized papyrus, while the hole in her right hand must have been for another attribute that has been lost.\par
It is a funerary statuette, placed in NaiÆs tomb to represent her as she had been in lif