Model Sporting Boat
Object type: Boat, fishing and fowling, Meketre
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Medium: Plastered and painted wood, linen, linen twine, copper
Dimensions: Boat with rudder and paddles: L. 121.7 cm (47 15/16 in.); H. 34.3 cm (13 1/2 in.); W. 30.6 cm (12 1/16 in.)
Hull: L. 112.5 cm (44 5/16 in.); W. 23.7 cm (9 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif
Locale: Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101)
Locus: Serdab
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Accession year: 1920
Tags: Meketre-Models|Men|Women|Boats