| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| granary | |
| Description | |
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MFA website : Painted wooden model of a granary building containing three male figures; one sitting with writing board on lap, one standing and carrying a sack of grain, one bending and using a pail to collect grain. The walls are painted beige, with a red door and red slanting line across the top. Tooley-1989 (p101) : BMFA 21.409. H.29 x W.29 cms. Small square structure with low walls rising gently to low peaks < 10 deg). The walls are painted a buff colour with the tops of the walls ornamented with a red stripe and vertical red lines above. A red T marks each corner. The door is painted in the right corner. There do not appear to be any structures within the court but there are the figures of a grain measurer, a man carrying a sack and the scribe (Roehrig 1988, 113, fig. 58-9). | |
| Site | |
| el-Bersheh | |
| Tomb | |
| 10A | |
| Burial | |
| Djehutinakht | |
| Date | |
| Late 11th to early 12th Dyn. | |
| Ref. for dating | |
| Freed-etal-2009, App. B | |
| Museum | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| Accession number | |
| 21.409 | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| Dimensions | |
| Width 29 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M67, Figure 2.7 | |
| D'Auria-etal-1988 , p. 113, Cat Num 43, fig. 59 | |
| Freed-etal-2009 , Fig. 121, pp. 162,3 | |
| Tooley-1989 , pp. 40, 101 | |
| Museum Online Record Card | |
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https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-granary-143702
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| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
![]() ../IMG/21.409-MFA-E2565CR-d1-s.jpg | |
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../IMG/BMFA-21-409-s.jpg | |
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