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model
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boat
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
Cypro-Archaic
Production date
750BC-500BC
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amathus
, Site E, tomb 83 (?)
Materials
terracotta
Ware
Bichrome 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
Subjects
boat/ship
Acquisition name
From:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Funder name
Funded by:
Emma Tourner Turner
(bequest)
Acquisition date
1894
Department
Greek and Roman
Registration number
1894,1101.186