Crescentic hull. The right extremity rises more sharply while the left one is lost. Mast amidships with a curving line on either side that possibly represents the mast step. Wachsmann offers several possible interpretations for this element: "a mast partner, central structure, or rigging." (Wachsmann 1998: 125).

The ideogram is followed by the numeral 1. The joining of several fragments show this ideogram following the word [...] -re-ta, possibly to be reconstructed as e-re-ta (rowers). If correct, the ideogram might have functioned as a qualification for the number of rowers alternative to counting them as men, hence designating a ship's complement of rowers.

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