Statuette / group

Description

Model bakery, with three figures on a wooden baseboard, painted red, white, black and yellow, depicting an overseer, a water-carrier and a squatting woman: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Beni Hasan, Middle Kingdom, c.2125-1920 BC

Museum reference

A.1914.72

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Statuette / group

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Kennard Collection

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Delvaux, Simon, (c. 2016), "Études sur les modes de transport terrestre en Égypte de l'Ancien au Nouvel Empire" (PhD thesis Montpellier).

On display

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