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Wooden model of a rowing boat with seven oarsmen (one missing at the front); a look-out on the prow; and a stroke caller (cox) in the bow. He sits beside a rudder-oar. The figures have white painted kilts and red-brown flesh. Some figures have real linen loin cloths.
History note: From J. Garstang's excavations
Height: 25 cm
Length: 59 cm
Width: 12 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1903) by The Beni Hasan Excavation Committee
Twelfth Dynasty
Middle Kingdom
Circa
-2010
-
Circa
-1950
Accession number: E.71b.1903
Primary reference Number: 50678
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Boat" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/50678 Accessed: 2023-06-10 20:38:46
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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/50678
|title=Boat
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2023-06-10 20:38:46|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-50678
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Accession Number: E.W.70a-e
Accession Number: E.71a.1903
Accession Number: E.24.1907
Accession Number: C.23-1962
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