Model Type
	butchery
Description
	Butcher Shop Model - Middle Kingdom - Wood Rectangular, Half Shows 1 Story, The Other, 2 Stories, Steps Leading From 1st Floor To 2nd Floor, 2 Figures On 2nd. Floor Hold Axes In Right Hand, 4 Engaged In Work. ---------- OIC website: Middle Kingdom Dynasty XI-XII, ca. 2000-1700 B.C. Wood, painted H 33.1 cm, W 41.0 cm. Purchased in Cairo, 1920 OIM 11197 ---------- A butcher's shop, like the one represented by this model, was part of many large estates In ancient Egypt. On the ground-level floor, a trussed bovine is being slaughtered while workmen go about their related tasks. A stairway at the right side of the shop leads to the second floor where two figures stand, cleavers raised, perhaps to receive the meat for carving. Painted wooden models of daily-life activities were commonly placed in Middle Kingdom tombs to serve the deceased in the next life. (p. 7, OIC Museum Highlights,1989).
Site
	Unknown
Date
	11-12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	OIC web site
Museum
	Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Chicago
Accession number
	E 11197
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Width 41.0 cm
Museum Online Record Card
	https://isac-idb.uchicago.edu/id/3390cf9d-24b5-43b4-8e9c-c1c9a514dac6
Links to Images and Other Refs
	https://isac.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/shared/docs/museum_highlights_1989.pdf#page=7
	../IMG/OIM_11197-butchers-shop.jpg

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