Model Type | |
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butchery | |
Description | |
Breasted: 2. New York, Metropolitan Museum, 20.3.10 (Pl. 34c). Eleventh dynasty. Slaughter house: scene of slaughter of two oxen takes place in columned hall two stories high, one wall of which is lower to let in light and air. A goose is being plucked. Blood puddings are being made in corner over fires fanned by two men. Work is superintended by clerk and overseer, each with baton in hand. Clerk has pen case and papyrus roll. joints of beef hang on line on balcony in back. From court three doors lead into chamber or rooms below balcony. Stairway leads to balcony. From tomb of Meketre, Deir el Bahari. Length: 76.8 cm. Winlock, MMA Bull., Dec., 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 10, p. 20. Note: the model is usually shown with its roof removed. Originally it is totally covered by a flat roof | |
Site | |
Qurneh | |
Tomb | |
TT280 | |
Burial | |
Meketre | |
Museum | |
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
Accession number | |
20.3.10 | |
Breasted Classification | |
II-3-2 PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD - Men Butchering Cattle and Preparing Meat. - Model scenes of servants slaughtering animals and preparing meat. | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Length 76.8 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , II-3-2 2, Pl. 34c | |
Tooley-1989 , p. 32 | |
Tooley-1999 , Fig 27 | |
Winlock-1920 , MMA Bull, Dec. 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 10, p. 20 | |
Winlock-1955 , p. 19-25, Pls 18,19,21,24,60,61 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544257
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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