Flat bottomed, beamy symmetrical hull with an irregular gunwale bearing the overall resemblance of a basket. On the outside, two horizontal painted bands - one along the gunwale or cap rail, the other lower down the hull possibly delineating strakes or strake joints. On the inside, three axial longitudinal lines (keel and keelsons), followed by a series of short vertical lines on either side (ribs/frames ?), and two more longitudinal lines above them at gunwale and cap rail level. The frames extend above the gunwale line, thus possibly serving as rail stanchions. On the opposite side of the figure, there are two holes, one on the rail itself, and another further below at the point where the hull curves upwards (forefoot). Six more holes along each rail. Painted male figure sitting at one end, arms outstretched resting on the rail.

From a disturbed tomb with multiple burials. The boat model was found amongst a mass of miniature vases and clay objects, such as a snake coiled in a tiny bowl, a bowl with birds around the rim, a tree with birds perched on its branches, a miniature double aryballos. These are speculated to be a child's toys, perhaps buried in pithos 15 which was exceptionally small.

This model is unusually detailed from the point of view of constructional details. The hull's symmetry and lack of post decorations precludes a definite differentiation between bow and stern. The hole at the forefoot was possibly a string hole for dragging the model if a function as a toy is accepted. The holes around the rail may have served for attaching additional elements. The fact that the painted vertical lines on either side of the hull do not extend to the keel poses a problem for their interpretation as frames.

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