Ancient Egyptian tomb model of a man from Deir el Bahari Thebes dated 2055 – 2004 BC

Painted wooden model figure of a standing man. Left leg is slighlty forward of the right. Depicted in a white knee length apron fronted kilt. Yellow flesh tone, with black and white eye detail and closely cropped brown/black hair. The nose and ears modelled out of the wood. Arms are missing, but dowel holes (with dowels broken off in them) remain where they would have been separately attached. Left leg appears to have been broken off at the knee, and a modern? piece of wood made to support the figure in an upright position on the modern wooden plinth into which it has been slotted and fixed. Possibly a figure from a baking or brewing scene.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1907.90.3.g
  • Material: pigment wood
  • Culture: Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Excavator: E. Naville
  • Dated: 2055 - 2004 BC
  • Object name: tomb model of a man
  • Dimensions: Length: 240mm , Width: 62mm , Depth: 50mm
  • Published references: Naville XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahri II 1910 p 3 and also see Naville XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahri III 1913 p 24 Pl XIX and Naville XIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahri 1 1907 ( pp 43 - 47 )
  • Site: Deir el Bahari
  • Latitude: 25.738333
  • Longitude: 32.607778