Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Small boat

Cat. No.

C70

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Amathus, Sanctuary of Aphrodite

Dimensions

L: 4.5 cm; W: 3.5 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model

Accession Number

Storeroom of the École Française d’Athènes 77.764.59

References

Dolan 2023: 468, no. 63; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Fragmentary boat model with square extremity. Beige-orange clay.

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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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