Model of a River Boat

ca. 2050 BCE (Middle Kingdom)

10 cm 24 cm 57 cm

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Twelve oarsmen, a helmsman, and a pilot, or look-out, ferry their passenger, the tomb-owner. Such models were associated with religious beliefs, as they symbolized the journey of the deceased to Abydos, the traditional burial place of Osiris, lord of the afterworld. The tomb-o...

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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 (rudder oar and post), 1916 (boat), by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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