A model of a paddling funerary boat, painted and gessoed wood, originally from Thebes from TT280
The tomb was discovered in 1895 by Daressy. It had been plundered in ancient times, but when Winlock excavated it in 1920, an undisturbed room containing several models was discovered. These models cover daily life at the estate of the Vizier Meketre.
Models
View from the cattle census
This tomb contained many models:
In the Cairo Museum: two canoes with draw-net, Boat with paddles, and Meketre and son Antef under canopy, sailing-boat with Meketre under canopy, Kitchen tender, Sailing-boat with wicker cabin, Sailing-boat, house in garden, Carpenter's shop, Spinning and weaving, Inspection of cattle, Female offering-bringer with drink.
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: rowing-boat with musicians and kitchen tender, Rowing-boat, Sailing boat with Meketre and son Antef under canopy, Boat with paddles, Boat with paddles, men harpooning fish, and Meketre and son Antef seated on deck, Female offering-bringer with food, Four male and female offering bringers in procession, Cattle in stable, Slaughterhouse, Granary, Brewers and Bakers, House in garden.
^ Porter and Moss, Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis, pp. 47–49
^Roehrig, Catherine H. (2002). "Life along the Nile: Three Egyptians of Ancient Thebes". The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 60 (1): 1–56. doi:10.2307/3258908. JSTOR3258908.
^Spaull, C. H. S. (1956). "Review of Models of Daily Life in Ancient Egypt from the Tomb of Meket-Rē' at Thebes". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 42: 124–125. doi:10.2307/3855141. JSTOR3855141.
