Model Type
	granary
Description
	Tooley-1989 pp. 103-4; Tomb BH585 of Xnm-nxti and nTr-nxti. Two model granaries were provided in this double burial, both virtually the same (only one located). Each has steeply peaked corners (c. 62deg). Both have doors painted red which open in the centre of the long wall. Each has 4 labourers in the courtyards. Neither is furnished with steps to the 104 terraces. One example, BM 63838, H.24 x W.26.4 x L.35 cms, has a bluegrey dado on the exterior walls. This model has 3 painted magazine windows but no hole in the terrace. [...] Both models have scribes who perch on small platforms over the magazines (Garstang 1904b, 222, 223; 1907a, 98, fig.90). ------------------------------ Garstang Inventory: (one of) ix. Granary with four figures; granary with four figures and one decayed.
Site
	Beni Hasan
Tomb
	BH 585
Burial
	Neter-Nekhta
Date
	11th Dyn. to Amenemhat II
Ref. for dating
	Tooley-1989 p. 47
Museum
	British Museum, London
Accession number
	EA63838
Breasted Classification
	I-3-1-B PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Storage of Food. - Model granaries with workmen storing grain. - Wooden models of granary storehouses, usually with human figures.
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Length 35 cm
References (Bibliography)
	Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M207
	Garstang-1907a , p. 98, fig. 90.
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA63838
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/Garst-fig-90.jpg

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