Abstract
Egyptian funerary boat model in the Australian Museum: dating and analysis
Highlights
Over the past two centuries, a widespread fascination with Egyptian civilization has resulted in a staggering dispersal of its ancient relics and artefacts around the world (Eldamaty & Trad, 2002; Stevenson 2019)
If taken at face value these results indicate the origin of the boat or some of its parts before the Middle Kingdom, just on a crest of decline of the Old Kingdom and cultural transformation rooted in the First Intermediate Period or somewhere between the end of the Old Kingdom and the Twelfth Dynasty (c. 2350–1850 BC—EschenbrennerDiemer, 2018:101)
The boat could have been made between the 24th century BC and the 19th century of the Common Era
Summary
Over the past two centuries, a widespread fascination with Egyptian civilization has resulted in a staggering dispersal of its ancient relics and artefacts around the world (Eldamaty & Trad, 2002; Stevenson 2019). It is difficult to prove their authenticity (Lilyquist, 2003:270) These artefacts constitute a significant body of material evidence, but are often of limited value for historical and cultural studies. We are mindful that not all individual relics can be usefully studied, but new and some wellestablished analytical techniques increasingly make such research possible. This boat model offers the opportunity for a range of analyses relating to materials (wood, and various organic and non-organic substances), structural complexity and stylistic intricacy in form, colours and symbolic connotations, which are likely to reveal some clues about the boat’s origin and its history
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