CARPENTERS’ WORKSHOP

Identity:      Meketre, Chancellor
Material:    Painted Wood
Period:        Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty 
Reign:         Unknown

Dimensions:
Height:       26 cm
Width:        52 cm
Length:      66 cm

This carpentry scene was among the wooden models found in Meketre's tomb, so that it could come alive and serve him in netherworld. The carpenters' quarters is bustling with various wood working activities: cutting planks, working with adzes, polishing and cutting mortise holes with a chisel, etc.

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