Carceri Series, Plate XIV, (1745) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

leading from

References Henu Barque of the type from the Ancient Egyptian Papyrus of Ani (c. 1250 BCE)? 

Crouching man's skirt and arms turn into stairways.

Rudders turn into pulley ropes on the far right.  

The boat itself is transformed into the beams going across.

The pillars are transformed into the walls either side of the central stairs 

The oryx horns are freely transformed into arches on the lft


Carceri Series, Plate XIV,  (1745) by Giovanni Battista Piranesi


Henu Barque from Papyrus of Ani
black and white image of the Henu Barque from the Papyrus of Ani 
(source: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, The British Museum Press)

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