boat; model

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Object Type: boat; model
Museum number: 1894,1101.258
Description: Terracotta model of a war-ship; hand-made; flat-bottomed hull; projecting ram and upright stem at the front; the projecting stem at the back is damaged; buff clay decorated with black and red paint: a large eye each side of the ram, parallel bands on the sides framing oblique strokes, possibly representing oars, solid paint on the ram.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600BC-500BC (circa)
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 88
Materials
Technique: painted; handmade
Dimensions: Length: 15.80 centimetres; Width: 3.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: See also: A. Hermary, 'Figurines en terre cuite des fouilles anglaises d'Amathonte (1893-1894)', CCEC 26 (1996/2), pl. III,2. The model is difficult to date from form alone but probably belongs in the 6th century BC based on associated objects.
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A207); Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus (p. 120, Tomb 88; p114 &fig 165, no. 6); Karageorghis Coroplastic VI / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, animals and miscellanea (p. 73, cat. no. 6 & pl. XLI:5); Westerberg Cypriote Ships / Cypriote ships from the Bronze Age to c. 500 BC (Cat. no. 37 & fig. 37)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.258
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