Description

Part of a wooden tomb model of a type popular in undecorated tombs during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom. This wooden model represents a turntable or potter's wheel.  There is a rounded disc (8.8 cm in diameter and 8 mm in width) supported by a rounded square pedestal (3.2 x 2.8 cm) about 1 cm high.  The disc and pedestal sides are painted brown suggesting they represent wood originals. The base of the pedestal is unpainted with a circular dowel hole (6 mm in diameter) for attaching the turntable to a scene. On top of the turntable is a roughly cylindrical vessel.  The vessel is shaped like a rounded square (2.3 x 2.8 cm) 3 cm high. The carving is uneven.  The centre is hollowed out to a depth or 1.2 cm. All surfaces are painted dark brown.