Model / butchery / bakery

Description

Model butchery and bakery in wood, baseboard mounted with figures of five men and three women: Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Sedment, Tomb 2112 (Mertetes), First Intermediate Period-Middle Kingdom, c.2181 - 1985 BC

Museum reference

A.1921.1657

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Model / butchery / bakery

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1st Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

1st Intermediate Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Sedment, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Mertetes

Exhibitions

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

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

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

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

References

Flinders Petrie and Guy Brunton, Sedment I (1924), p.12

Breasted, James H. Jr. 1948. Egyptian Servant Statues, Bollingen series, 13. New York: Pantheon Books, pp. 14, 62, 94

On display

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