Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Single-levelled  galley

Cat. No.

A181

Date

Late 8th-early 7th century B.C.

Findspot

Skyros, tomb context

Dimensions

H: 11.5 cm; W: 20 cm; W (catchplate): 7.4 cm

Medium

Bronze fibula of the Attic-Boeotian type with decorated catch-plate

Accession Number

Museum of Cycladic Art, N.P. Goulandis Collection 561

References

Single-levelled galley facing right, with the bow section missing. 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. The verticals along the hull are possibly ribs.

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

Side B: Four fish stacked horizontally on top one another, facing right.

The horizontal lines of the hull find parallels in A57, A59 and A60. The deployed sail however is unique for this medium.

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