490739 Decorated Jar with Boat Scenes, Middle Predynastic Period, Naqada IIc-d Periods, c.3300-3100 BC (marl clay pottery) by Egyptian, Predynastic Period (c.5000-c.3100 BC); 32x28.2x28.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: The decoration painted on this jar shows two multi-oared boats traveling through fertile riverbanks lined with trees and aloe bushes. Rows of triangles indicate the desert hills in the background. The concept of boat travel permeated all aspects of Egyptian life and religion. The sun god Ra was believed to travel by boat across the heavens by day and through the underworld by night. Funerary texts describe the trip to the afterlife as a journey by boat, and scenes of boats figured prominently in tomb decoration.); Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust; Egyptian, out of copyright.