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Model boat
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic dynasty)–Roman Imp
332 B.C.–A.D. 364
Findspot: Egypt, Tanis (San el-Hagar)
Medium/Technique
Pottery
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 5 x 21.4 x 5.7 cm (1 15/16 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.785a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionThis model boat of reddish clay once had a cabin (broken and mostly missing) at center. Both the prow and the stern are broken off. The break along length of boat is mended with plaster fill.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar). 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession date: January 1, 1886)
(Accession date: January 1, 1886)