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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Ancient Egypt > Dynasty 11 > Yacht
Yacht
Artist : Anonyme

Relationship with : Meketrê
Time of : Meketrê

Material : Painted wood
Acquisition : Rogers Fund and gift of Edwards S. Harkness (1920)
XIème dynastie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dynasty 11
Right - Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 2 on 13
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Modèle)

Vitrine : 2 (Ref. 3295a)

Area related
Thèbes (Egypte)
Site related :
Cairo Egyptian Museum



Description   

This yatch is being paddled rather than rowed. The direction is north, or downstream, against the prevaling wind. The lowered mast and sail were lost before the model was put in the tomb.
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