Title: Travelling Boat being Rowed
Object type: Travelling boat, Meketre, music, harp;
Date: ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Amenemhat I, early
Medium: Wood, paint, gesso, linen twine and linen fabric
Dimensions: 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)
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1920
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Southern Asasif Tomb of Meketre (TT 280, MMA 1101) serdab MMA excavations, 1920 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Boats, term: Meketre-Models