Zoomorphic small boat with a slender crescentic hull and a vertical stem ending in a naturalistic duck head. Stern extends outward near horizontally, ending in an undercoated flat tip. A horizontal band delineates the base of the duck’s head.
ostracon
M8
New Kingdom (ca. 1550-1069 BC)
Deir el-Medina
L: 11.2 cm; H: 9.67 cm
Limestone ostracon with figural decoration in red, black and green
Vandier 1959: 224-225, pl. CLV, no. 3021; Wicke 2010: 133 + n. 66
Young girl shown kneeling inside a duck-shaped boat, facing towards the right with her left hand outstretched towards the duck figurehead. She wears earrings, a headband, and a bracelet.
Vandier d'Abbadie, J. 1959. Catalogue des ostraca figurés de Deir el Médineh (N° 2734 à 3053). Le Caire: Institut français d'archéologie orientale. (Documents de fouilles - Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire = DFIFAO 2.4).
Wicke, D. 2010. "Die Goldschale der Iabâ – eine levantinische Antiquität." Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie 100.1: 109-141.
© Vandier 1959: pl. CLV, no. 3021
