Tomb Model
E14259A
From: Egypt | Sedment
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E14259A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Sedment |
| Locus | Tomb 2111, Tomb of Khentkhety |
| Period | First Intermediate Period |
| Date Made | 2130 - 1980 BCE |
| Section | Egyptian |
| Materials | Wood | Pigment |
| Technique | Painted |
| Iconography | Granary |
| Description | Model granary. Wood, painted. On the roof, 3 men dumping bags of grain into the storeroom below (E14259G, I, and L). In front of them is a seated scribe (E14259E) writing on a wooden board, flanked by 2 crouching men (E14259D and F). In the courtyard below is a standing man (E14259B) with a bucket (E14259R) and a crouching man (E14259C) who beats with a stick (E14259S). |
| Credit Line | Distribution from the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, 1921 |
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