Ancient Mediterranean

Digital Project

Two ship models

Cat. No.

A13, A14

Date

LH III

Findspot

Megalo Kastelli, Thebes, Chamber tomb 4

Dimensions

n/a

Medium

Terracotta model

Accession Number

n/a

References

Gallou 2003: 127, n. 150-151; Pharaklas 1967: 228; Philopaki et al 1967: 228; Symeonoglou 1985: 289 (site 191, Greater Thebes K11); Wedde 2000: 312, nos. 329, 330

Unpublished.

Inside one of the boats was a small quadruped.1 The finds were not included in the excavator's latest publication.

1. The excavator reports: “δύο πηλίνας λέμβους, εντός της μιας εξ αυτων μικρόν τετράποδον” (Pharaklas 1967: 228).

Gallou, C. 2003. “The Cult of the Dead in Central Greece during the Mycenaean Period.” PhD thesis, University of Nottingham, UK.

Pharaklas, N. 1967. “Μυκηναϊκοί ταφοί ἔις λόφον Μεγάλο Καστέλλι Βοιωτία,” ArchDelt. 22 B’1” 227-228.

Philopaki, B., Symeonoglou, S., and Pharaklas, N. 1967. “Ἀρχαιότητες καὶ μνημεῖα Βοιωτίας,” AD 22, B1: 225-257.

Symeonoglou, S. 1985. The Topography of Thebes from the Bronze Age to modern Times. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

Wedde, M. 2000. Towards a Hermeneutics of Aegean Bronze Age Ship Imagery. Peleus Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Griechenlands und Zyperns, vol. 6. Bibliopolis: Mannheim and Möhnsee.

  • No photo available

    copyright icon © Click for fullscreen