Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

ship model

Cat. No.

L40

Date

beginning of 8th century B.C.

Findspot

Achziv cemeteries, tomb context unknown

Dimensions

L: 20 cm; W: 6.5 cm

Medium

Terracotta model

Accession Number

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IAA 1944-48

References

Basch 1987: 305, no.643; Kahanov 2004: 170

Crescent shaped hull with symmetrical posts ending in a slightly flaring extremity with a flat top. The external edge of the posts is hollow/ slightly concave. This feature is much more pronounced on one of the sides (right on photo). There are no interior fittings.

Basch, L. 1987. Le musée imaginaire de la marine antique. Athens: Institut Hellénique pour la preservation de la tradition nautique.

Kahanov, Y. 2004. “Boat Models from Tomb N.1,” in E. Mazar The Phoenician Family Tomb n.1 at the Northern Cemetery of Achziv (10th-6th Centuries BCE). Sam Turner Expedition: Final Report of the Excavations. Cuadernos de Arqueologia Mediterranea 10. Barcelona: Carrera Edició, Publicaciones del Laboratorio de Arqueología, Universidad Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona, pp. 167-173.

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