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Small boat

Cat. No.

C77

Date

Cypro-Archaic

Findspot

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

Dimensions

L: 5.5 cm; H: 3 cm; W: 3.7 cm

Medium

Fragmentary terracotta boat model with bichrome decoration.

Accession Number

Storeroom of the École Française d’Athènes 87.541.2

References

Dolan 2023: 473, no. 68; Hermary 1988: 108, pl. 20

Possible fragmentary model of a boat (?). Orange clay, traces of bichrome decoration.

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 Unpublished DPhil Thesis.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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