Model Type
	spinning and weaving
Description
	Breasted: 4. Liverpool, Institute of Archaeology. Model contains three female figures. One stands with left arm outstretched holding spindle; right hand holds distaff. Two seated women are evidently at work at a horizontal loom which is not preserved, but the corner pegs are preserved and the woof threads faintly painted on the base board. From Beni Hasan, tomb 575. Garstang, Burial Customs, fig. 131, left, p. 133; H. Ling Roth, Ancient Egyptian and Greek Looms, fig. 10, p. 11. Garstang Inventory: vii. Group with woman spinning and two seated figures weaving. GlobalEgMus: A crudely made wooden model depicting weaving. One woman stands spinning thread which she holds in her hand while the spindle revolves. Two other women are using a horizontal loom which has been painted onto the base of the model. This was placed in the tomb to ensure an unlimited supply of linen in the Afterlife.
Site
	Beni Hasan
Tomb
	BH 575
Burial
	Khetyi
Date
	Middle Kingdom
Museum
	Liverpool Museum, Liverpool
Accession number
	55.82.4
Breasted Classification
	III-4-2-C INDUSTRIES: CRAFTSMEN AND SHOPS - Workers in Leather, Flax, and Papyrus. - Models of spinning and weaving scenes. - Twelfth dynasty.
Material
	wood
References (Bibliography)
	Bienkowski-Tooley-1995 , Fig 58
	BreastedJnr-1948 , III-4-2-C 4.
	Garstang-1907a , Fig. 131.
	Roth-1913 , fig. 10, p. II
	Tooley-1989 , p. 45, Ill. 48:2
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/detail.aspx?id=3885
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/Garst-fig-131.jpg

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