Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Ship model

Cat. No.

C85

Date

Cypro-Archaic I

Findspot

Cyprus, further provenance unknown

Dimensions

L: 37.7 cm

Medium

terracotta boat model. Damaged with traces of paint.

Accession Number

Nicosia 1990/V-12/3

References

Papageorghiou 1991: 791, 793, fig. 7

The model is very weathered, preserving only the solid part of the hull, with both posts missing. The low, flat elongated shape of the hull suggests an oared galley. There appears to be traces of a painted eye at one end, indicating the bow.

Papageorghiou, A. 1991. “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1990,” BCH 115.2: 789-833.

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