| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| granary | |
| Description | |
|
Breasted: 6. Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, 1921.1661. Intermediate period. Model contains five figures wearing long cloth skirts, all of them about three times too large for size of granary in which they stand. An upper and a lower grinding stone for making flour are in the court. From Sedment, tomb of Mertetes. Ninth dynasty. Base: 22.7 cm. x 21.7 an. Average height of figures: 17 cm. Petrie-Brunton, Sedment, 1, p. 12, Pl. XXXIX, No. 2112. Exceedingly crude. | |
| Site | |
| Sedment | |
| Tomb | |
| 2112 | |
| Burial | |
| Mertetes | |
| Museum | |
| National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | |
| Accession number | |
| A.1921.1661 | |
| 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 | |
| Base 22.7 cm x 21.7 cm Av Height of figures 17 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| BreastedJnr-1948 , I-3-1-B 6. | |
| Petrie-etal-1924 , pp. 7,12 | |
| Tooley-1989 , pp. 51,109 | |
| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
 ../IMG/Edin_1921_1661_view2.jpg | |
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