Model Sailing Boat Transporting a Mummy, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1900–1885 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Mastaba B (Djehuty), South Area, between mastaba and south enclosure wall, 1930–31, Wood, paint, L. 80.6 cm (31 3/4 in.); W. 21.2 cm (8 3/8 in.); H. to top of mast 54 cm (21 1/4 in.), A group of sailors standing by the mast hoists the sail (not preserved) for this boat which carries a mummy on a bier under a baldaquin. The mummy is tended by two women - perhaps impersonating the goddesses Isis and Nephthys - while a priest reads from a papyrus scroll
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Model Sailing Boat Transporting, Mummy, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca, 1900–1885 B.C, Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht South, Mastaba B, Djehuty, South Area, mastaba, south enclosure wall, 1930–31, Wood, paint, L, 80.6 cm, 31 3/4, W, 21.2, 8 3/8, H, top, mast 54, 21 1/4, group, sailors standing, hoists, sail, preserved, boat, carries, mummy, bier under, baldaquin, tended, two women, perhaps impersonating, goddesses Isis, Nephthys, priest reads, papyrus scroll
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