Flat hulled ship facing left, with a vertical stempost ending in a zoomorphic figurehead with a recurved beak and a gently curving sternpost. The absence of a bow projection qualifies this example as belonging to Wedde's Type V. Parallels with later LH IIIC examples suggest this to be a hybrid creature rather than a bird.

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