Bread and beer were among the basic elements of food in Egypt. They placed them in their tombs and enumerated them in offering lists on tomb walls and on sarcophagi. From the end of the Old Kingdom, wooden models showing the production of bread and beer became part of funerary equipment. This small model consists of three persons, two women preparing bread and a man carrying two jugs. Another, much larger jug, standing next to the breadboard, probably contained beer.

Present location KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS
Inventory number E.0785/17
Dating MIDDLE KINGDOM
Archaeological Site EL-SHEIKH `ABADA/ANTINOOPOLIS
Category BAKERY (MODEL)
Material WOOD
Technique SCULPTURED; PAINTED ON STUCCO
Height 19.5 cm
Width 14.3 cm