Model of a Woman Grinding Grain

Model of a Woman Grinding Grain
Model of a Woman Grinding Grain

GEM Number

1350

Collection

Main Galleries

Period

Middle Kingdom

Dynasty

12

Description

Models of bakers, brewers and other food production activities in ancient Egypt were deposited in elite burials to cater a comfortable afterlife. This painted wooden model shows a woman grinding grain. She is kneeling on a plinth, knees closed, her toes touch the ground. Her upper body is bent and her arms reach forward to the no longer existing upper millstone.

Region
Upper Egypt
Painted Wood

Height

20 cm

Width

11.5 cm

Length

40 cm