Pyramid Graffiti: Boats
Graffito P11. Object – Boat, Type 3 and Rowboat
A type 3 boat with outlined hull is depicted at an angle on the upper part of the block. Bow and stern are both angled sharply upward and pointed. A nearly triangular structure attached to the stern is the rudder, either corrected slightly or shown with a plank. Amidships is a vertical mast.
Behind the stern is a small, basket-shaped boat attached to the larger boat by a line. The one horizontal and three vertical lines on this vessel seem to indicate planks. Angling backward from the hull are lines with crossed lines that may indicate oars or some kind of rudder. See graffito P18 for the figure of a camel in the lower right corner.
- Kurru ID number: P_012
- Location: East face, north of chapel, course 4, block 8
- Dimensions (H × W): 34.0 × 56.5 cm