page_title: TT280
section_title: Models
hierarchical_section_title: TT280 / Models
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Meketre überwacht die Viehzählung. Modell im Ägypt. Museum Kairo. Español: Maqueta con figurillas. El canciller Meketre supervisando el recuento de su ganado. Cairo, Museo Egipcio, Planta alta, sala 27, JE 46724. Français&#160;: Antiquité égyptienne, Le chancelier Méketrê surveille le comptage de son bétail. Musée égyptien du Caire, Le Caire, Égypte.
context_page_description: Tomb TT280, located in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, part of the Theban Necropolis, is the burial place of the Ancient Egyptian noble Meketre who was chancellor and chief steward during the reign of Mentuhotep II and Mentuhotep III, during the Middle Kingdom.
context_section_description: This tomb contained many models:
  In the Cairo Museum: Two canoes with draw-net, Boat with paddles, and Meketre and son Antef under canopy, sailing-boat with Meketre under canopy, Kitchen tender, Sailing-boat with wicker cabin, Sailing-boat, house in garden, Carpenter's shop, Spinning and weaving, Inspection of cattle, Female offering-bringer with drink.
  In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Rowing-boat with musicians and kitchen tender, Rowing-boat, Sailing boat with Meketre and son Antef under canopy, Boat with paddles, Boat with paddles, men harpooning fish, and Meketre and son Antef seated on deck, Female offering-bringer with food, Four male and female offering bringers in procession, Cattle in stable, Slaughterhouse, Granary, Brewers and Bakers, House in garden.
caption: View from the cattle census
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