Model Hand Grinder
Photographer Harry Burton British
Not on view
Food and drink were considered essential for the ancient Egyptian afterlife, and food items were deposited in the tombs of royals and nonroyals alike. Among the actual foodstuffs in Tutankhamun’s tomb were semicircular bread loaves containing fruit from the Christ’s-thorn plant (see TAA 268). Also added to tombs were objects that could magically grant sustenance. In Tutankhamun’s case these included the model hand grinder for crushing grain shown here.
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