Fragmentary boat model of simple form, with a pointed extremity surrounded by a coiled band that probably imitates a rope fastening. Hermary thinks it might be papyrus reed. Orange clay with grey core.
Small boat
C73
Cypro-Archaic
Amathus, Sanctuary of Aphrodite
L: 7 cm; H: 2.2 cm; W: 4.85 cm
Fragmentary terracotta boat model
Limassol District Museum 77.961.2
Carbillet 2011: 234; Dolan 2023: 454-455, no. 54; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20
Carbillet, A. 2011. “Naviguer vers l’éternité. Les modèles de bateau en terre cuite chypriotes et leur association à la navigation eschatologique,” CCEC 41: 223-238.
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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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