Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

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

Accession Number

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. Beige-orange clay with 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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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