Model Type
carpentry
Description
From BMFA web site: Deir el-Bersha, Egypt
Model of a carpentry scene showing two men, one standing and sawing a board (the saw is now missing) and the other squatting and shaping a board, probably using an adze (also missing)
Width x height x depth: 18 x 27.5 x 23 cm (7 1/16 x 10 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.) Wood
Site
el-Bersheh
Tomb
10A
Burial
Djehutinakht
Date
Late 11th to early 12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Freed-etal-2009, App. B
Museum
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession number
21.412
Material
wood
Dimensions
Width x Height x depth 18 x 27.5 x 23 cm
References (Bibliography)
Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M153, Figure 5.7
D'Auria-etal-1988 , p.113, fig. 62
Freed-etal-2009 , Fig. 124, pp. 164-165
Tooley-1999 , Fig 41
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-carpenters-143705

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