Low flat hull. One of the stem is incurving, while the other ends in a low canopy. The exterior of the ship is painted red, with additional details painted over in black. The black details consist of two horizontal bands, one running along the gunwale, the other along the keel, with oblique bands in between. Four of these oblique lines are still clearly visible but there were likely more which are now faded.
Ship model
C83
Cypro-Archaic
Cyprus, further provenance unknown
L: 9.7 cm
terracotta boat model with black and red painted decoration
Desmond Morris Collection, Oxford, DM-B1-188
Karageorghis 1996: 76, no.V(b):28, fig. 61; Morris 1985: pl. 289
Karageorghis, V. 1996. The coroplastic Art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, Animals and Miscellanea. Nicosia: A.G. Leventis Foundation.
Morris, D. 1985. The Art of Ancient Cyprus. Oxford: Phaidon.
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