Egyptian model of a sailing boat, from Beni Hasan

An image of Wooden model of a sailing boat, with two men pushing at the boat using a pole; three men hoisting the sail; one man operating the rudder, and one look out on the prow. Boat painted yellow, men have white kilts, black hair and red-brown bodies. Plaster coating in some places. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; tomb 366 (Khety). Wood, plaster and linen, painted, height 40.5 cm, length 62 cm, circa 2010- circa 1950 B.C. Early dynasty XII, Twelfth Dynasty; Middle Kingdom.

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Wooden model of a sailing boat, with two men pushing at the boat using a pole; three men hoisting the sail; one man operating the rudder, and one look out on the prow. Boat painted yellow, men have white kilts, black hair and red-brown bodies. Plaster coating in some places. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Beni Hasan; tomb 366 (Khety). Wood, plaster and linen, painted, height 40.5 cm, length 62 cm, circa 2010- circa 1950 B.C. Early dynasty XII, Twelfth Dynasty; Middle Kingdom.

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Accession Number: E.71a.1903
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 92.40kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC beni hasan boats Egyptian figures Fitz_ANT grave goods linen loin cloth male men Middle Kingdom model painted sailing sailing boat sailing vessels sails wood wooden

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