Model Type
hoeing
Description
Breasted: 3. London, British Museum, 45195. Middle Kingdom, probably Twelfth dynasty. Man, wearing black wig and short white skirt, holds hoe in both hands, which are stretched out in front of him. He does not bend forward in the posture of actual hoeing. 5 Height: 33 cm. Provenance unobtainable
Tooley-1989 (p. 37): Tomb XLV contained one of the largest model groups from Hogarth's work. The tomb consisted of 3 loculi, one above the other. ... and with coffin C were fragments of a model hoeman (BM 45195. Breasted 1948, 6),...
Site
Asyut
Tomb
Tomb XLV
Burial
Unknown
Museum
British Museum, London
Accession number
EA45195
Breasted Classification
I-1-1 PRODUCTION AND STORAGE OF FOOD - Agricultural Scenes. - A man hoeing.
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 33 cm
References (Bibliography)
BreastedJnr-1948 , I-1-1 3.
Tooley-1989 , p. 37
Tooley-1999 , Fig 47
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/Y_EA45195

Links to Images and Other Refs

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/asset/figure-of-a-man-with-a-hoe/lAGzREibFsMvoA


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