Model boat

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 112

This model funerary boat was composed in modern times from ancient elements. In the center is a mummy on a canopied bier with a leopard skin spread on its roof. The deceased is accompanied by two female mourners and two priests. The latter are dressed in leopard-skin garments that indicate their office. One priest of them rasps an incense burner while the second priest holds an open scroll inscribed with a request for funerary offerings on behalf of a man named Ukhhotep.

Model boat, Wood, paint

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Model boat, Wood, paint
Model boat, Wood, paint
Model boat, Wood, paint

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