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Material : Painted Wood
Width : 25 Height : 61
Found in : Deir Al-bahari , Tomb of Meketra (1920)
Period : Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: MEKETRA
Excavation : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This wooden model of a boat was found among the grave goods of the notable chancellor Meketra (of early the Twelfth Dynasty) in his tomb in Deir el Bahari . The tomb's owner represents a realistically-portrayed scene of a boat sailing on the Nile . Miniature models were skillfully made for the deceased to accompany and serve him/her in the journey in the hereafter . The ends of the boat are shaped like papyrus plants . Below the roofed canopy supported by four columns sits Meketra with haughtiness . A number of oarsmen are shown moving the boat with two large paddles fixed to poles near the stem .
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