Wooden Models of Meketre – Video

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These wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 models were found in the tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 of the Royal Chief Steward Meketre who lived during the reign 𓋾 of Montuhotep II 𓏠𓈖𓍿𓅱𓊵𓏏𓊪 and possibly Amenemhat I 𓇋𓏠𓈖𓅓𓄂𓏏 which was during the Middle Kingdom. Meketre’s high status as an official 𓋴𓂋𓀀 is why he was able to afford so many wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 models and such an elaborate burial. The first wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 model is of a “Porch and Garden 𓎛𓊃𓊪𓈈” that has a pool 𓈙𓈇 in the center that could have been potentially filled with water 𓈗! The second wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 model is of a bakery 𓂝𓅓𓂋𓉐 and brewery 𓂝𓏏𓉐𓎛𓈎𓏏𓏊𓏪. The third wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 model is of a granary 𓊚𓏏𓉐. The “top” section of the model is of the actual granary 𓊚𓏏𓉐, where the grain 𓈎𓄿𓅱𓏸𓏦 was stored. The “bottom” section is of the accounting area, where scribes 𓏟𓀀𓏪 are seen keeping records with supplies such as papyrus rolls 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛𓏦 and wooden boards. The fourth wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 model is of a slaughterhouse. Cows 𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓃒𓏦 and geese 𓊃𓂋𓅬𓏦 are being slaughtered by butchers, and dried out meat 𓇋𓅱𓆑𓄹 can be seen hanging above them. The fifth wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 model is of a “Model Cattle Stable” in which workers are feeding cattle 𓄤𓆑𓂋𓏏𓃒𓏦 in order to fatten them for slaughter. There were 24 𓎆𓎆𓏽 almost perfectly preserved models found in the tomb 𓇋𓐫𓊃𓉐 of Meketre. Half of the models are at the MET, while the other half are at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo! I love the wooden 𓆱𓏏𓏺 models so much – as a kid, they looked like dollhouses to me! My sister 𓌢𓈖𓏏𓁐 loves these models too and are one of her favorite things to see in museums! This is my personal video and original text. DO NOT repost. #ancientEgypt #egyptianhistory #egyptianmythology #ancientegyptblog #anticoegitto #egyptology #metropolitanmuseumofart #metmuseum #egitto

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