Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Small boat

Cat. No.

C67

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Amathus, West terrace

Dimensions

L: 5.4 cm; H: 7.8 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model

Accession Number

LM 283 Tc 297

References

Dolan 2023: 460-461, no. 57; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Fragmentary boat model. On the starboard side of the hull there is a horizontal band in relief which probably represents a wale for reinforcement. Orange clay, beige slip.

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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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