Funeral boat, Old Kingdom, cir. 2600 BC

Period: Egypt, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 03, Dynasty 3 Dating: 2650 BC–2600 BC Origin: Egypt, Upper Egypt, Ombos Material: Wood (undetermined) Physical: 89.53cm. (35 in.) - Catalog: WOD.VL.00823 Links to other views: ⇒ Larger View ⇒ Starboard View ⇒ Bow (detail) ⇒ Stern (detail) ⇒ Crew (detail) if scripting is off, click the ⇒ instead. • • •

This model of a funeral boat shows its crew trimming sails and steering with the oars. This boat was found in Upper Egypt and dated to the Old Kingdom, circa 2600 BC. It was loaned to the British Museum by a previous owner in mid-twentieth century. Bibliography (for this item) Bunson, Margaret 1999 The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Gramercy, New York, NY. (172-179 177 (mortuary boat) ) Khalil, Hassan M. 1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ((I) 217-221) Michalowski, Kazimierz 1968 L’art de l’ancienne Egypte. Editions d’art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, France. (393: fig. 411 395: fig. 428 395: fig. 425 401: fig. 474,476,477, 482)