Model of a Granary with Scribes
Object type: Model, granary, Meketre
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: early reign of Amenemhat I
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
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.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Locus: serdab
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Meketre-Models|Food|Men|Working|Writing