Kitchen Tender being Rowed
Object type: Boat, kitchen, Meketre;
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Wood, paint, plaster, linen twine and cloth
Dimensions: 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)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Men|Boats|Meketre-Models