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.
ship model
L40
beginning of 8th century B.C.
Achziv cemeteries, tomb context unknown
L: 20 cm; W: 6.5 cm
Terracotta model
Basch 1987: 305, no.643; Kahanov 2004: 170
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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