model; boat

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Object Type: model; boat
Museum number: 1894,1101.186
Description: Terracotta model ship in Bichrome ware; hand-made; round-bottomed hull with tall upright stems; smooth red-orange clay, decorated with purple and black paint: parallel bands along the hull and on the stems, with traces of black on the gunwale.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 750BC-500BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 83 (?)
Materials
Ware
Technique: painted; handmade
Dimensions: Height: 2.00 - 2.50 centimetres (stems above gunwale); Height: 3.50 centimetres (amidships); Length: 12.50 centimetres; Width: 4.50 centimetres (max. amidships)
Curator's comments: See also: A. Hermary, "Figurines en terre cuite des fouilles anglaises d'Amathonte (1893-1894)", CCEC 26 (1996/2), pl. III,3. The model is difficult to date on form alone, but probably belongs to the sixth century based on associated objects.
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A209); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 119, Tomb 83; p. 112 &. fig. 164, no. 20); Westerberg Cypriote Ships / Cypriote ships from the Bronze Age to c. 500 BC (No. 36, p. 33 & fig. 36); Karageorghis Coroplastic VI / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, animals and miscellanea (p. 75, cat. no. 18 & pl. XLII:8)
Location: Not on display
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Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.186

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