Object name: Workshop model
Accession no.: E.71d.1903
Other numbers and markings: tbd
Dimensions: H 18.5 cm W 41.4 cm D 29.7 cm
Brief description:
Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop; two women grinding flour, one woman sifting flour, a man mixing dough, a woman by an oven, a man mashing beer, two men with yokes carrying vessels (supplied by E.172a-b.1903), two large vessels. Wood coated in plaster and painted red-brown, black, white, and pale yellow (women’s flesh). The women and one man still have cloth garments.
Date: c. 2010-1950 BC
Twelfth Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Find spot: Beni Hasan
Acquisition: Given (1903) by The Beni Hasan Excavation Committee
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Construction, decoration and materials:
Basic info: JD will do
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Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop generic view
Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop, detail of a man working with a pestle and mortar
Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop, detail of two women are grinding flour
Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop, detail of a man mashing beer, two men with yokes carrying vessels
