Model Type
	hoeing/male figure
Description
	Tooley-1989 pp. 11-12: One of the largest pre-MK groups of models was located in a floor niche in tomb A1 of ny-anx-ppy-km at Meir ... The servant models may be divided into 2 groups by their distinct workmanship, each group forming a set, evidently the work of 2 separate craftsmen. ...The second group, whilst closely resembling the first set are less accomplished and less finely finished (CG 237, CG 238, CG 239, CG 242, CG 247, CG 249, CG 250, CG 251, CG 252, CG 253). ... the difference in quality is the result of different hands and not importance of particular activities. These models, entirely of wood, are predominantly single figures, occasionally pairs, rarely a group of 3. The activities depicted [include] ... a man with a hoe in his hand ready to break the ground (CG 249. H.29 cms. Borchardt 1911, 161, bl. 54; Breasted 1948, 6; Stevenson-Smith 1949, 101; Vandier 1978, 6-7 seen in the corpus for the first time), -------------------------------------- GlobalEgMus --Statuette of a Man Hoeing The painted wooden statuette shows a tall, slender man wearing a short kilt hoeing a muddy field. His feet sink realistically into the mud. His skin is depicted as reddish brown because he would have worked outdoors under the heat of the sun. Models of field activities are rare because of the difficulty in depicting outdoor work on a small scale. Height= 29 (cm) Length= 26.5 (cm)
Site
	Meir
Tomb
	Tomb A1
Burial
	Ny-ankh-pepi Kem
Date
	6th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	Tooley-1989 p. 12
Museum
	Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Accession number
	JE 30822
Notes
	= CG 249
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Height 29 cm Length 26.5 cm
References (Bibliography)
	Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M1, Figure 2.4
	Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M1, Figure 2.4
	Borchardt-1930 , Vol III, pp. 155-163, pl. 49-55
	Tooley-1989 , pp. 11,12
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=15009
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/CG-249.jpg
	../IMG/JE-30822-s.jpg

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