| Model Type | |
|---|---|
| combination: baking/brewing | |
| Description | |
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Breasted: 4. New York, Metropolitan Museum, 20.3.12 (Pl. 36a, 36b). Eleventh dynasty. Bakery and brewery in one building separated into two rooms by partition wall. Brewery: staff consists of seven figures. 1. Doorkeeper with baton; 2. Small man standing in vat treading dough; 3. Man pouring off liquid into crock; 4. Man kneading dough; 5. Man bruising grain with pestle; 6. Two women grinding grain into flour. This room is nearest entrance door. Thirteen figures comprise bakery staff: 1. Two men bruising grain with pestle; 2. Two women grinding grain into flour; 3. Two men each tending a different oven; 4. Two men mixing dough, each standing in a tall tub; 5. Man bruising grain with pestle; 6. Two men forming dough into cakes; 7. Two men each tending a round oven. Heads of men are shaven; they usually wear white skirts and are nude to waist. From tomb of Meketre, Deir el Bahari. Length: 73.2 cm. Winlock, MMA Bull., Dec., 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 121 p. 21. | |
| Site | |
| Qurneh | |
| Tomb | |
| TT280 | |
| Burial | |
| Meketre | |
| Museum | |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
| Accession number | |
| 20.3.12 | |
| Breasted Classification | |
| II-4-1 PREPARATION AND PROCESSING OF FOOD - Model Scenes of Baking, Brewing, and Slaughtering. - Baking and brewing in same house or room. | |
| Material | |
| wood | |
| Dimensions | |
| Length 73.2 cm | |
| References (Bibliography) | |
| BreastedJnr-1948 , II-4-1 4, Pl. 36a, 36b | |
| Tooley-1989 , p. 32 | |
| Winlock-1920 , MMA Bull, Dec. 1920, pt. II, p. 26, fig. 121 p. 21 | |
| Winlock-1955 , p. 25-29, 22,23,24, 64, 65 | |
| Museum Online Record Card | |
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544258
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| Links to Images and Other Refs | |
![]() ../IMG/Breasted-SS-Pl-36-a.jpg | |
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../IMG/Breasted-SS-Pl-36-b.jpg | |
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