Sources for 'sections' of artists/craftsmen in
late Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC) administration
References are predominantly from Ward
1982: 19-20, nos.109-119
- section of draughtsmen: five examples (Cairo statue CG 476;
Cairo stelae CG 20039 and 20309; Leiden stela II no.35; stela Heqaib Shrine
no.47)
- section of furniture carvers: four examples (British Museum
stelae 504 and III,23; seal-amulets Martin nos.193 and 975)
- section of jewellers: one example (Engelbach
1933: 72)
- section of glaze workers: one example (British Museum stela
844)
- section of goldsmiths: two examples (Cairo stela CG 20035;
seal-amulet Martin no.1152)
- section of coppersmiths: one example (Cairo stela CG 20560)
- section of sculptors: four examples (British Museum stela 844;
Leiden stela II no.35; stela Heqaib Shrine no.47; faience potstand UC 34347)
- section of sandalmakers: one example (Rio de Janeiro stela
631[2423])
- section of laundrymen: one example (Louvre
stela C17)
The apparently anomalous 'section of laundrymen' seems to be written clearly
on the one source, Louvre C17, where it is the title of a man seated between
a sS qdwt 'draughtsman' and qd 'builder' on one side, and a man with unclear
title, possibly smnty 'prospector' or a designation connected with cloth (the
title is written with a single hieroglyphic sign, depicting a standing man holding
an object with triangular lower part and rounded upper part (loop of cloth or
bag?).
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