A WOODEN FUNERARY BOAT WITH OCCUPANTS, showing the 'bust' of the deceased under a canopy being transported by a crew of twelve boatmen and reis, some figures possibly from another boat, Middle Kingdom, (2040-1640 B.C.)

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A WOODEN FUNERARY BOAT WITH OCCUPANTS, showing the 'bust' of the deceased under a canopy being transported by a crew of twelve boatmen and reis, some figures possibly from another boat, Middle Kingdom, (2040-1640 B.C.)
23in. (58.1cm.) long

Lot Essay

The boat represents the journey, real or imaginary, made by the deceased to Abydos, the burial place of Osiris, the god of the underworld and resurrection

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