Relief of People in Boats

ca. 2370-2345 BCE (Old Kingdom, late 5th dynasty)

27.3 cm 34.9 cm

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Two partially preserved boating scenes remain on this relief block from a private tomb chapel. The lower scene shows the stern of a large rowing boat with two men each manning a large steering oar. Immediately following the first boat is the prow of a second boat. It is decora...

Sculpture

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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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