Crescent shaped hull with high, symmetrical vertical posts ending in a flat, undecorated top. The external edge of the posts is slightly concave, which is typical for Syro-Canaanite ships. There are no interior fittings. Faint traces of two bands of paint on one side of the hull that were not noted in previous publications.

Although uncertain, it is thought that the model is from Enkomi. The relatively good level of preservation suggests that it probably came from a tomb.

The ship bears resemblance to later boat models from Achziv, but Enkomi’s abandonment at the end of the Late Bronze Age argues against an early Iron Age date. The model depicts a mnš ship, a beamy merchant vessel of Levantine origin that is attested for over a millennium, from the 18th to the 7th century B.C. in the Levant itself, but also on Cyprus and in Egypt.

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