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Plate I

Model of a Granary with Scribes
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0↗ Source

Model of a Granary with Scribes

Maker unknown

A remarkably preserved Middle Kingdom model showing grain storage, measuring and accounting, excavated from the tomb of Meketre.

Date
ca. 1981–1975 BCE
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference
545281

Record

Period
Middle Kingdom; Dynasty 12; early reign of Amenemhat I
Medium
Wood, plaster, paint, linen, grain
Dimensions
L. 74.9 (29 1/2 in); W. 56 cm (22 1/16 in); H. 36.5 (14 3/8 in); average height of figures: 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Origin
Upper Egypt, Thebes, Egypt

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Ancient EgyptA
Culture of origin
Middle Kingdom of EgyptA

Provenance and history

  1. ca. 1981–1975 BCE

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A
  2. B

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