| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| carpentry | |
| Description | |
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Breasted: 1. Cairo Museum. Very complete carpenter shops with three figures: at one end a standing man with knees slightly bent, and body and left leg forward, is sawing a board from an upright beam with his left hand; the bronze saw is still in position, but its handle lies at the man's feet. At one side is a rod for tightening the cords around the beam; this was an Egyptian practice when sawing. In the middle, a seated man operates a bow drill, holding the cap for the drill in his left hand, and the how in his right. At the other end of the model a seated man is fashioning a head rest with an adze held in the right hand. From Sakkara, tomb of Karenen. Tenth dynasty. Length: 4.2 cm. Quibell, Excav. at Saq. (1906-7), Pl. XVII, 4, text, pp. 10, 75 From Global Egyptian Museum: -- Three carpenters, working for the noble Karenen, occupy a small workshop and are busy in woodworking of various kinds. One of the workmen is using a long saw to cut planks from a beam attached vertically to a pole. Another is cutting wood with an adze, a tool with a thin arched blade at right angles to the handle. A third workman is using a tool with a rope to perforate the wood. In the corner of the workshop stands a big chest in which the carpenters have stored their stock of axes, adzes, reserve blades, and saws. length=42.5 cm. | |
| Site | |
| Saqqara | |
| Tomb | |
| Karenen | |
| Burial | |
| Karenen | |
| Date | |
| Late 11th to early 12th Dyn. | |
| Ref. for dating | |
| Tooley-1989 p. 56. | |
| Museum | |
| Egyptian Museum, Cairo | |
| Accession number | |
| JE 39129 | |
| Breasted Classification | |
| III-2-2 INDUSTRIES: CRAFTSMEN AND SHOPS - Shops for Craftsmen Who Worked in Clay, Wood, Stone, and Metal. - Model carpenter shops. | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| Dimensions | |
| Length 42.5 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| BreastedJnr-1948 , III-2-2 1. | |
| Quibell-1908 , Pl. XVII, 4, text, pp. 10, 75 | |
| Ranke-1936 , Pl. 83 | |
| Tooley-1989 , p. 56 | |
| Museum Online Record Card | |
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https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=15643
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| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
 ../IMG/JE-39129.jpg | |
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