Nile boat with two sailors, Dyn. 11
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Links to other views:⇒ Larger View⇒ Side ⇒ Detail ⇒ Detail if scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. Links to others from Dynasty 11Servant carrying offerings, 2134-1991 BCServant carrying offerings, 2180-1900 BC Stone seal of King Mentuhetep II, Dyn. 11 Wood statuette of Horus stiding, Dyn. 11 |
In this model of a fishing boat in a good state of preservation, the men are tending to the boat. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11. “In the First Intermediate Period group figures predominate… Middle Kingdom marks the high point… fishing and other activities are added to the themes represented. Animated models represent the whole household of the tomb owner… A miniature world of the whole community was recreated. One of the largest collections of Middle Kingdom wooden models ever found comes from the tomb of Djhuty-Nakht, from Deir el-Bersha, now housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Cairo Museum. Djhuty-Nakht’s burial chamber contained more than fifty-five boats” (Bard 1999:726). Bibliography (for this item)Bard, Kathryn A., and Steven B. Shubert1999 Encyclopedia of the Archeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge, London, United Kingdom. (726) Khalil, Hassan M. 1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. |
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