Un modèle de bateau de la collection de John Wingfield Larking

Recent research on the reconstruction of the funerary equipment of Thutmose III in the Valley of the Kings (KV 34), which was undertaken in the context of preparing for publication the manuscripts of Victor Loret preserved at the University of Milan concerning the discovery and excavation of this tomb, has bought to light some objects that seem to have been erroneously attributed to KV 34. Among these there is a model boat inscribed with the name of Thutmose III, which - in light of recent studies - has to be considered a fake. The object has belonged to Lord Amherst's collection before it was sold at Sotheby's, reappeared in London in 1940 at Spink & Son, to finally reach the collection of the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum of San Jose (REM 481). However, it had to date been unknown who was in possession of the object before the English aristocrat. In the Archives of Egyptology at the University of Milan, some new information in this regard has been found in the form of a photograph of the model boat that bears notes referring to two former owners: Walter Llewellyn Nash and the well-known British diplomat John Wingfield Larking.