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Model carpenters. MFA 21.412

Model boat. MFA 04.1977a-c

Painted wooden models reveal fascinating glimpses of everyday life along the Nile: granaries, carpenter's shops, weaving houses, boats, and slaughterhouses. The Museum Expedition discovered the largest number of models ever found in a single tomb at Deir el-Bersheh: the Middle Kingdom burial of the provincial governor Djehuty-nakht (about 2000 B.C.)


	Model Granary. MFA 21.409		Model carpenters. MFA 21.412 Model boat. MFA 04.1977a-c Painted wooden models reveal fascinating glimpses of everyday life along the Nile: granaries, carpenter's shops, weaving houses, boats, and slaughterhouses. The Museum Expedition discovered the largest number of models ever found in a single tomb at Deir el-Bersheh: the Middle Kingdom burial of the provincial governor Djehuty-nakht (about 2000 B.C.)

	Model of weavers. MFA 21.891

	Model yacht. MFA 21.406

	Model funerary boat. MFA 21.829