AR / ITEM / 00100159

Model of a Funerary Boat, GEM 777

Ancient Egyptian · maker unknown

Painted wooden funerary boat model with a canopied mummy figure, mourners and attendants, discovered at Gebelein in 1885.

Date
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12
Collection
Grand Egyptian Museum
Reference
777

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Record

Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Medium
Painted wood
Dimensions
Height 38.1 cm; width 15.6 cm; length 61 cm; weight 2100 g
Origin
Egypt

In the Tapestry

Culture of origin
Ancient EgyptA
Culture of origin
Middle Kingdom of EgyptA

Provenance and history

  1. 1885

    Discovered at GebeleinA

    GEM records the model as discovered at Gebelein in 1885.

  2. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12

    CreatedA

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