Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Kitchen Tender being Rowed
Description
Wood, paint, plaster, linen twine and cloth
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 depicting a boat with seated and standing figures.
The artifact is a model boat made from wood, featuring a number of figures arranged along the deck. The figures appear to be engaged in rowing, with others standing nearby, possibly representing a crew. The boat has a canopy structure at its center and is painted in earthy tones. Notable features include the detailed carving of the figures and the oars extending into the water.
daily life
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
wood
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248249 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 20.3.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544212 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.