Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model Sporting Boat
Description
Plastered and painted wood, linen, linen twine, copper
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Model of an Egyptian funerary boat with figures aboard.
The artifact is a wooden model depicting a funerary boat, showcasing a group of Egyptian figures arranged on deck. The figures are intricately carved and painted, wearing traditional attire. The composition suggests an organized scene of daily life or a funerary context, with various activities depicted. Notable features include the design of the boat and the arrangement of oarsmen and other figures, signifying the importance of boats in funerary practices.
funerary
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116249610 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544126 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.