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Title:
Funerary Boat Model
Period:
Middle Kingdom - 11th-12th Dynasties (2066-1781 BC)
Dimensions:
L: 36 cm
Properties:
Wood; Gesso; Paint
Where used:
Afterlife
Description:
This funerary boat model was intended to magically take the deceased to Abydos in the afterlife. Abydos was the mythological location of the resurrection of Osiris, god of the afterlife. To be associated with him was to guarantee a successful journey to the next world.
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Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium