Model Type
granary
Description
Garstang Inventory: iii. Granary, five figures.
Tooley-1989 (p.102): Tomb BH723 of Sbk-Htpi. BM 41573. H.21 x W.30 x L.35.8 cms (plate 19:1). The roughly square model has gently curved and peaked corners (c. 20?). The walls are painted a dull grey with the doorjamb in red. A blue hatched design ornaments the tops of the walls. The courtyard and the 2 open topped magazines were filled with real grain seeds. Also inside the model was a scribe, an overseer, 3 labourers and a separate offering-bearer, not belonging to this model but not having its own base, placed in the left magazine (SAOS neg. B611). Stairs to the magazines were on the right (Garstang 1904b, 223; 1907a, 237). Dated late 11 dyn. (p. 46).
Site
Beni Hasan
Tomb
BH 723
Burial
Sebek-hetepa
Date
Late 11th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
Tooley-1989 p. 46
Museum
British Museum, London
Accession number
EA41573
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 35.8 cm
References (Bibliography)
Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M217
Garstang-1907a , Inventory pp. 211-243
Tooley-1989 , pp. 46,102, Ill. 19:1
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA41573

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