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Middle Kingdom
This composite model would have symbolically provided everything a tomb owner needed to eat. The figures at the right are butchers preparing the meat. The ones at the left are making bread and beer.
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Title: Model of Brewers, Bakers, and Butchers
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11–13
Date: ca. 2030–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Meir, Khashaba excavations, 1910–11
Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
Dimensions: l. 49 cm (19 5/16 in); w. 30 cm (11 13/16 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1911
Object Number: 11.150.12
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