Model Type
brewing
Description
Breasted: 6. Cairo Museum, beer-making scene. Twelfth dynasty. Seven male figures: three prepare, mix and strain ingredients of beer; two water carriers bear pairs of pitchers hung from a yoke held on the shoulders; sixth figure apparently prepares bread; and seventh stands inside large tub, kneading dough with his feet. Six large beer jugs lie on their sides.
From Beni Hasan, tomb 116 (of Nefery). Length: 63.5 cm. Garstang, op. cit., figs. 61, 62, pp. 74-75.
Garstang Inventory: viii. Brewing scene, seven figures.
Site
Beni Hasan
Tomb
BH 116
Burial
Nefery
Date
11th Dyn. to Senwosret II
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 48
Museum
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
JE 37563
Breasted Classification
II-2-4 PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD - The Manufacture of Beer. - Model brewing scenes.
Notes
JE 37563 seems to be accession number for whole burial contents
Material
wood
Dimensions
Length 63.5 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , II-2-4 6.
Garstang-1907a , figs. 61, 62, pp. 74-75
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