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Model boat

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112
This model funerary boat was composed in modern times from ancient elements. In the center is a mummy on a canopied bier with a leopard skin spread on its roof. The deceased is accompanied by two female mourners and two priests. The latter are dressed in leopard-skin garments that indicate their office. One priest of them rasps an incense burner while the second priest holds an open scroll inscribed with a request for funerary offerings on behalf of a man named Ukhhotep.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Model boat
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12
  • Date: ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Middle Egypt; Probably from Meir, Tomb of Ukhhotep
  • Medium: Wood, paint
  • Dimensions: l. 115 cm (45 1/4 in); w. 19 cm (7 1/2 in); h. 46.5 cm (18 5/16 in)
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.183.3
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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