Model Type
cattle husbandry/feeding cattle
Description
Breasted: 2. Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, 1914.74. Man wears long black wig and white kilt; his flesh is red. Ox is white with black patches. Man's left hand has a drill hole for holding some object.
From Beni Hasan, tomb 275. Cf. Garstang, Burial Customs, fig. 123, p. 1-6, also p. 221, No. 275. Height of man: 14 cm.; breadth of man: 6 cm.; height of Ox: 7 cm.; dimensions of base: 20 cm. X 8 cm. (NMS give dim. as length 340mm)
Garstang Inventory: iv. Model of man feeding an ox.
Site
Beni Hasan
Tomb
BH 275
Burial
Thaay
Museum
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Accession number
A.1914.74
Breasted Classification
I-2-4 PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Cattle-breeding Scenes. - Seated man feeding a crouching ox.
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height of man 14 cm breadth of man 6 cm Height of Ox 7 cm dimensions of base 20 cm x 8 cm
References (Bibliography)
Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M45
BreastedJnr-1948 , I-2-4 2.
Garstang-1907a , fig. 123, p. 1-6, also p. 221, No. 275
Tooley-1989 , p. 44
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=300297

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