| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| carpentry | |
| Description | |
|
Breasted: 2. Cairo Museum. Intermediate period. Five workmen are in this shop: one drills a vase, supporting his work on a bowl filled with white material, possibly sand. A second man tends a forge by blowing through a blowpipe. Another is drilling a hole in a block of wood. The fourth is working with an adze. The fifth man may he a potter with a wheel in front of him. One end of the model was roofed over, and contained a box filled with the following tools: adze, saw, axe, mortising chisel, drills with drill cap and bow, cubit, plummet, and clerk's palette. From Sakkara, Tomb of Usermut (or Usernekhbet), and Anpuemhet. Base: 33 cm. x 21.5 cm.; height: 10 cm. | |
| Site | |
| Saqqara | |
| Tomb | |
| 2757 | |
| Burial | |
| Inpw-m-HAt | |
| Date | |
| 11th Dyn. | |
| Ref. for dating | |
| Tooley-1989 p. 55 | |
| Museum | |
| Egyptian Museum, Cairo | |
| Accession number | |
| NK | |
| Breasted Classification | |
| III-2-3 INDUSTRIES: CRAFTSMEN AND SHOPS - Shops for Craftsmen Who Worked in Clay, Wood, Stone, and Metal. - Shops of craftsmen who worked in clay, wood, stone, and metal in one model. | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| Dimensions | |
| Base 33 cm x 21.5 cm Height 10 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| BreastedJnr-1948 , III-2-3 2. | |
| Quibell-Hayter-1927 , pp. 40-41, and Pl. XXIV:2 | |
| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
 ../IMG/QuibHayter-NSide-Pl-24B.jpg | |
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