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Model of a granary: a square building with steps leading up to a platform. Two men prepare to lift a sack each: one man carries a sack up the steps; two men sit in the corners of the building - one is a scribe with writing board and palette on his knee. Plastered wood, painted yellow, red-brown (flesh), white and black. One man wears a cloth garment.
History note: From J. Garstang's excavations
Height: 25 cm
Length: 29 cm
Width: 23.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1903) by The Beni Hasan Excavation Committee
12th Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Circa
-2010
-
Circa
-1950
Accession number: E.71e.1903
Primary reference Number: 50681
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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