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Ship under Sail.
Reused at Lisht North; mid- to late Fourth or early Fifth Dynasty (ca.
25002450
B.C.E.). Limestone with faint remains of paint; H. 28 5/8 in. (72.8 cm).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness
Gift, 1922 (22.1.13).
The preserved column of inscription in front of the ship states, "Sail
well like this, hurry." At the prow are three bladelike objects
decorated with representations of the sacred wedjat eye, a protective
symbol usually associated with the falcon-deity Horus. The device
probably physically protected the vessel and magically allowed it to
see where it was going.
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