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Small boat

Cat. No.

C76

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

Amathus, in front of small grotto (south-East part of sanctuary)

Dimensions

L: 6.7 cm; H: 2.7 cm; W: 4 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model

Accession Number

Storeroom of the École Française d’Athènes 87.l538.19

References

Dolan 2023: 472, no. 67; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Possible fragmentary model of a boat (?). 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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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