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Small boat

Cat. No.

C66

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Amathus, West terrace

Dimensions

L: 5.1 cm; W: 3.5 cm; gunwale H: 1.1 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model. Beige-orange clay with traces of red and black paint on the hull.

Accession Number

Limassol District Museum LM 282 TC 132

References

Dolan 2023: 462-463, no. 58; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Fragmentary boat model. Schematic seated figure with inclined bust and one arm resting upon the gunwale. Traces of red and black paint on the hull.

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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.

Hermary, A. 1988. “Le culte d’Aphrodite à Amathonte,” RDAC 2: 101-110.

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