Model of a Sailboat
Description
Caption: Model of a Sailboat, ca. 2008–1630 B.C.E.. Wood, 13 × 9 1/4 × 38 3/16 in. (33 × 23.5 × 97 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1483E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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.
A wooden model of an ancient Egyptian boat with figures on board.
This artifact is a wooden model depicting a boat, a common type of funerary object placed in tombs during the Middle Kingdom period. It features several human figures, representing crew members, positioned on the boat. The figures are simplistic in form, with minimal detailing to represent their features. The boat's hull is carved from a single piece of wood and retains a dark color, possibly due to age or original pigmentation. The rudder and oars are also visible, demonstrating the rowing method used.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1483E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118025 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.