Model Type
	weaving
Description
	Breasted: 4. Cairo Museum. Although this model does not have as many arched beams as No. 1 above, it does have two such beams extending from one side of the model to the other. They may represent a barrel vault. There are five figures, all women. One stands opposite the door with her right leg raised in the attitude of spinning; a spinning whorl lies on the ground before her, and another is between her right arm and thigh. Behind her in another corner, two women sit with their backs against the wall, having before them a basin with a loop handle inside on the bottom; they must be getting thread ready for weaving. Two other girls operate a loom, probably in the same fashion as the figures in Klebs, RMR, fig. 94, p. 129. It would appear that enough pieces of the loom are preserved to make possible a rather complete reconstruction. From Sakkara, tomb of Usermut (or Usernekhbet), and Anpuemhet. Base. 49 cm. X 31 cm. Quibell- Hayter, Teti Pyramid, North Side, pp. 42-43, Pl. XXVI, 1.
Site
	Saqqara
Tomb
	2757
Burial
	Inpw-m-HAt
Date
	11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	Tooley-1989 p. 55
Museum
	Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
	JE 45321
Breasted Classification
	III-4-2-A INDUSTRIES: CRAFTSMEN AND SHOPS - Workers in Leather, Flax, and Papyrus. - Models of spinning and weaving scenes. - Intermediate period.
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Base 49 cm x 31 cm
References (Bibliography)
	BreastedJnr-1948 , III-4-2-A 4.
	Quibell-Hayter-1927 , pp. 42-43, Pl. XXVI:1
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/QuibHayter-NSide-Pl-26-A.jpg

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