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Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Modèle)
XIème dynastie
Material : Painted wood
Vitrine : 3 (Ref. 3)
Site related : Cairo Egyptian Museum
Area related : Thèbes (Egypte)
Acquisition : Rogers Fund and gift of Edwards S. Harkness (1920)
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A doorkeeper sits at the entrance while clerks inside tally the grains on wooden tablets and papyrus rolls, and two men mesure the grain in buckets. An overseer superintends this procedure. Inside the granary proper, when dump sacks of grain into bins, where ancient grain is still in place.
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