A181: Single-levelled galley facing right, with the bow section missing. The hull is completely flat, rendered by two parallel horizontal lines joined by eight regularly spaced vertical lines. The sternpost curves up gently, then bends sharply inward in the manner of an inverted crescent, ending in what resembles the head of an inward facing bird. Mast amidships with a deployed square sail, forestay and backstay depicted as zig-zag lines. The quarter rudder is leaf shaped.

A182: Single-levelled galley facing right, its stern section missing. The hull is completely flat, rendered by two parallel horizontal lines joined by eight regularly spaced vertical lines. The stempost is concave, integrating a long ram with a rounded tip and terminating in a short incurving horn. Mast amidships with spherical mast step system and two deadeyes. The deployed sail is shown in a trimmed state, with two large bunches of roughly similar size on either side of the mast. A forestay, backstay, and two brails are depicted as zig-zag lines.

Although retrieved outside of proper excavation, the fibulae are reliably known to have come from graves on Skyros in the locality of Magazia (Yialos). The assemblage includes locally produced pottery of the Protogeometric and Geometric periods, a bird vase, bronze jewellery (bow fibula, four fibulae of the Attico-Boeotian type, 2 hair rings, 4 bracelets), and gold funerary ornaments (four discs, two necklace parts, two hair pins, three hammered sheet ornaments, a diadem, two sheet plaques) (Marangou 1996: nos. 48-77, 220-233, 235-247).

A181: Side A: Single-levelled galley with a deployed sail facing left. Two birds and a horse above it.

Side B: A row of four fish stacked horizontally on top one another, facing right.

A182: Side A: Single-levelled galley with a deployed sail facing right. Two birds and a horse above it.

Side B: A row of four fish stacked horizontally.

The horizontal lines of the hull find parallels in A57, A59 and A60. The deployed sail however is unique for this medium. Given that the two fibulae certainly come from the same workshop and possibly even the same craftsman, the differences in rendition between the two ships is notable.

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