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Model Bakery and Brewery from the Tomb of Meketre

A painted wooden model of a single workshop in which bread is baked and beer brewed in separate rooms. It was found in 1920 in a hidden chamber of Meketre's tomb at Thebes, one of twenty-four almost perfectly preserved models.

ca. 1981-1975 BCE

Text frame in place of a photograph

Wood, gesso, paint, linenl. 73 cm (28 3/4 in); w. 55 cm (21 5/8 in); h. 29 cm (11 7/16 in); average height of figures: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)

The source has an openly licensed image; it is not included here yet

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Scarab amulet from Lisht

A one-centimetre amulet of glazed faience found in the debris of a tomb at Lisht South. The record documents an exact findspot and a display in Gallery 109; what it lacks is an open photograph.

ca. 1981-1640 BCE

Text frame in place of a photograph

Blue-green glazed faiencel. 1 cm (3/8 in)

The source record has no image

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Hippopotamus ("William")

A blue faience hippopotamus figurine found in a shaft associated with the tomb chapel of Senbi II at Meir. Three of its legs have been restored: according to the museum, they were probably broken on purpose, so that the animal could not harm the deceased.

ca. 1961-1878 BCE

Text frame in place of a photograph

FaienceL. 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); W. 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.); H. 11.2 cm (4 7/16 in.)

The source has an openly licensed image; it is not included here yet

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