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Wooden model of a brewing and baking workshop; two women grounding flour, one woman sifting flour, a man mixing dough, a woman by an oven, a man mashing beer, two men with yokes carrying vessels (supplied by E.172a-b.1903), two large vessels. Wood coated in plaster and painted red-brown, black, white, and pale yellow (women's flesh). The women and one man still have cloth garments.
History note: From J. Garstang's excavations
Height: 18.5 cm
Length: 41.4 cm
Width: 29.7 cm
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Method of acquisition: Given
(1903)
by
The Beni Hasan Excavation Committee
Twelfth Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Circa
-2010
-
Circa
-1950
Accession number: E.71d.1903
Primary reference Number: 50680
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities
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