Rockered hull, with a flat sheer through the main body that rises up into a triangular bow in an unbroken curve. Vertical stempost with a small rounded forefoot/cutwater at the base, and ending in a small outward protruding "horn" that probably represents a stylized bird head device. The sternpost curves gently, with its upper part broken off. There is a raised mast-socket amidships. Eight holes line the gunwale, with four of them placed aft in pairs. Two of them are c. 3 cm from the stern, while another pair is placed immediately ahead of the mast. The painted elements are unusually elaborate. The interior decoration includes the keel, and four evenly spaced transverse lines running from gunwale to gunwale that represent the frames. One of these frames is aligned with the mast-socket which is also painted dark. On the exterior, the keel, gunwales and stempost are all marked with a dark painted line. The triangular bow is painted with a cross-hatched pattern, delimited at the bottom with an oblique line that runs from the tip of the forefoot to the gunwale at at the point where the sheer becomes flat. Behind this oblique line on either side is a painted eye, followed by a painted horizontal ladder motif on either side of the hull. It is comprised of two parallel horizontal lines, one along the gunwale and another midway down the hull (c. 3 cm below), joined by sixteen parallel oblique lines. Based on the prevalence of the horizontal ladder motif in pictorial representations of ships, this likely represents the open tower's gallery with stanchions. The number of oblique lines on either side is the same, suggesting a 30 oared ship. In addition on the port side, there is a single short line painted vertically from the gunwale downwards. It is c. 1.5 cm long and about 6 cm aft of the bow. The stern has also been elaborately decorated in paint, with slight differences on either side. On the port side, the horizontal ladder motif is followed by two superimposed squares with a painted X inside, with the rest of the stern painted in red. On the starboard side, the horizontal ladder motif is followed by a triangle painted in red, after which another oblique line delimits the rest of the painted motifs at the stern. These include two more triangular sections, one of them painted with details in black (horizontal and vertical lines, three large dots resembling the eyes at the stem), the other painted in red.

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