Model granary silo

Museum number:

6-15383

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

69 (field number)

Accession number:

Acc.54/56/63/107

Object count:

1

Description:

Incomplete wooden granary model with a round top, possibly part of a grain silo.

Donor:

Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Collection place:

Tomb 69, Cemetery 100, Naga-ed-Der

Verbatim coll. place:

Egypt, Cemetery 100; Tomb 69 Cemetery 100

Culture or time period:

6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC) and 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC)

Collector:

George Andrew Reisner

Collection date:

1901

Materials:

Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)

Taxon:

Ficus sycomorus

Object type:

archaeology

Object class:

Models (representations)

Context of use:

Tomb model

Department:

Ancient Egypt

Dimensions:

diameter 13 centimeters and height 21 centimeters

Comment:

Dynasties 6-8 Indetified as Sycamore Fig (Ficus sycomorus L.) by Nelly C. Rem, wood anatomist. Forest Products Laboratory, UC Berekely 4-6-1984

Loans:

S1983-1984 #41: Forest Products Laboratory (February 23, 1984–February 8, 1985)

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