Kitchen Tender being Rowed, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1975 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif

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Kitchen Tender being Rowed, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1975 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280), 1920, Wood, paint, plaster, linen twine and cloth, l. with rudder 147 cm (57 7/8 in); w. with oars 73 cm (28 3/4 in); h. 40 cm (15 3/4 in), Many outings of Egyptian nobles culminated in a picnic. On the menu for Meketre's boat trip were roasted fowl, dried beef, bread, beer, and some kind of soup. Meat and bread were carried on another model of a tender, now in Cairo

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