The extremities of both posts are missing. Slender hull with a vertical stempost. The ram is thick and rectangular, ending in a flat extremity. The sternpost rises gradually, extending above the gunwale. There is an open bulwark or railing running the length of the hull, formed by a horizontal plank supported by short stanchions. This rail is glued on the outside of the stanchions. Its execution is very similar to that observable on C 23 and C25. It is hard to be certain from the picture, but there appears to be a lightly moulded wale along the hull at the level of the waterline. This is the clearest depiction of a functional ram, and arguably the most detailed representation of an oared galley from Amathus.
Galley
C38
Cypro-Archaic
Amathus West necropolis *Anemos*, unspecified tomb
L: 20.5 cm; H: 7.4 cm
terracotta boat model with bichrome decoration
AM. T. 722/36, A. M. 1972
Hadjisavvas 2002: 699, fig. 33
Hadjisavvas S. 2002. “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001,” BCH