Owner of the model
Detail from the boat model.
Small model boats were often found in the tomb furnishing of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom. They symbolized the Egyptian river landscape and everyday life on the banks of the Nile as well as the pilgrimage to Abydos, the place of worship of Osiris, the god of death.
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom, no provenance.
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki 9.10.2020 - 21.3.2021
Collection of Museo Egizio, Turin
Owner of the model
Detail from the boat model.
Small model boats were often found in the tomb furnishing of the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom. They symbolized the Egyptian river landscape and everyday life on the banks of the Nile as well as the pilgrimage to Abydos, the place of worship of Osiris, the god of death.
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom, no provenance.
Egypt of Glory – The Last Great Dynasties, Amos Rex - Helsinki 9.10.2020 - 21.3.2021
Collection of Museo Egizio, Turin