Travelling Boat being Rowed, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981–1975 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Southern Asasif, Tomb of Meketre (TT 280), serdab, 1920, Wood, paint, gesso, linen twine and linen fabric, l. 128 cm (50 3/8 in), with rudder 175 cm (68 7/8 in) x w. with oars 30.5 cm (12 in) x h. 37 cm (14 9/16 in), This model of a riverboat was found with twenty three other models of boats, gardens, and workshops in a hidden chamber at the side of the passage leading into the rock cut tomb of the royal chief steward Meketre, who began his career under King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II of Dynasty 11 and continued to serve successive kings into the early years of Dynasty 12
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