Model Boat and Figures, 22nd-18th century BCE, 27 x 37 1/2 x 6 in. ( x x cm), Polychromed wood, Egypt, 22nd-18th century BCE, This boat, manned by eighteen oarsmen and equipped with a mast and a mount for the steering oar, is of the type commonly placed in the tomb of a deceased noble or government official. It faithfully represents the vessels used in daily life for fishing and for transportation on the Nile. A model boat enabled the deceased to make a pilgrimage by magical proxy to the city of Abydos, the cult center of the god Osiris. Sometimes two boats were provided

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