Model boat
Description
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1802 B.C. Plastered and painted wood, linen. L. 124 × H. 71.5 cm (48 13/16 × 28 1/8 in.). Probably from: Meir. Subject: Men, Women, Boats. Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A painted wooden model boat with a tall sail rig and small figures mounted on the deck/near the stern and bow.
The image shows a single Egyptian model boat painted in subdued green/blue with decorative bands and panels along the hull. The hull curves upward at both ends; the stern side carries a small human-like figure and the bow/upper area includes a second figure. A tall mast rises near the center, with a cream-colored sail/cloth stretched upward and multiple horizontal lines suggesting rigging or sail folds. Along the hull’s interior near the figures are small colored details and blocks/panels that resemble furniture or painted architectural elements. No legible hieroglyphs or cartouches are clearly visible on the boat in this image, and there is no visible Greek/Coptic/Arabic text.
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116248124 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.183.4 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544260 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.