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Brewer

Another Dynasty VI servant figure, in this instance a woman engaged in making beer.

She is naked from the waist up and is shown forcing the mash, made from fermented barley bread, through a basket to strain it; this has led to the assumption that Ancient Egyptian beer was probably more like a think porridge than any beer brewed today,

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Uploaded on June 25, 2022
Taken on June 24, 2022