Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Small boat

Cat. No.

C56

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Salamis, tomb surface find

Dimensions

L: 9 cm

Medium

terracotta boat model

Accession Number

Larnaca District Museum (catalogue number no. 35, Salamis findspot Β-Γ, 40-42)

References

Dolan 2023: 524-525, no. 89; Karageorghis 1970: 212, no. 35, pl. XLI; 1995, 129, no. II2, pl LXXV: 8.

Similar to previous except that the hull is shallower. The figure has less pronounced features and a tall pointed hat.

Dolan, M. 2023. Ceci n'est pas un bateau: Reassessing terracotta boat models in Late Bronze and Iron Age Cyprus. University of Southhampton. Unpublished DPhil Thesis.

Karageorghis, V. 1970. Salamis IV. Excavations in the Necropolis of Salamis. Vol II. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities, Cyprus.

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