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Travelling Boat being Rowed

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Description

Wood, paint, gesso, linen twine and linen fabric

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 ancient Egyptian figures rowing a boat.

The artifact is a wooden model showing a group of figures rowing a boat, typical of Middle Kingdom burial practices meant to provide for the deceased's journey into the afterlife. The figures are detailed with painted garments and features, and the boat includes a cabin structure. Such models provide insight into daily life and funerary practices in ancient Egypt.

funerary Middle Kingdom excellent
Materials woodpaint

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials WoodPaint

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385774 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 20.3.1 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544214 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.