Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Ship model

Cat. No.

C82

Date

Cypro-Archaic (?)

Findspot

Cyprus, uncertain provenance

Dimensions

L: 8.4 cm

Medium

terracotta boat model, damaged and roughly made with no traces of painted decoration

Accession Number

Nicosia Museum C 67

References

Karageorghis 1996: 76, no.V(b):29, PL. XLIII: 9

Flat hull with a highly uneven gunwale. One of the posts rises vertically while the other has a slight outward slant.

Karageorghis, V. 1996. The coroplastic Art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, Animals and Miscellanea. Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.

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