IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 50790 accession number: E.178.1903 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Thursday 14 August 2025 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: shaft and blade of steering oar from model boat object type: Yellow shaft of steering oar from model boat, straight, with potential black paint around the top. A dowel hole is present near the top, and it is orientated diagonally. It is possible that the end of the shaft has broken off, and has potentially been glued back together, as there are several cracks that run through the opposite end of the object. NOTE: unlike E.177.1903 where the shaft and blade have been situated next to each other, the blade for this oar is not in the same tray as the shaft. title: boat LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Antiquities STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/50790 TECHNIQUES ---------- painted CATEGORIES ------ category: model DATING ------ culture: Eleventh Dynasty culture: 12th Dynasty culture: Middle Kingdom DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Length units: cm value: 17.5 dimension: Length units: cm value: 23 dimension: Width units: cm value: 1.2