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Small boat

Cat. No.

C72

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Amathus, Sanctuary of Aphrodite

Dimensions

L: 5.2 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model with bichrome decoration.

Accession Number

Storeroom of the École Française d’Athènes 77.853.1

References

Dolan 2023: 470, no. 65; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Fragmentary boat model of very simple form. Beige clay with bichrome decoration consisting of red and black bands in the interior.

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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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