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ship
;
model
Object Type
ship
model
Museum number
1894,1101.282
Description
Terracotta model of a merchant sailing ship with Bichrome decoration; hand-made; tall projecting stems fore and aft; small mast-socket inside the model; cross-beams on each end of the ship; made from coarse buff clay decorated with black and red-purple stripes on the outside and the edges of the hull; repaired from fragments, part of the hull is missing.
Cultures/periods
Cypro-Archaic II
Production date
600BC-450BC
(circa)
Production place
Made in:
Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Turner Bequest Excavations, Amathus
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Amathus
, Site E, tomb 73
Materials
terracotta
Ware
Bichrome Ware
(?)
Technique
handmade
painted
Dimensions
Height:
3.20 centimetres
(midship)
Height:
5.70 centimetres
(stem above gunwhale)
Length:
17.50 centimetres
Width:
7.20 centimetres
Curator's comments
See also: A. Hermary, 'Figurines en terre cuite des fouilles anglaises d'Amathonte (1893-1894)', CCEC 26 (1996/2), pp. 13ff which discusses in particular the terracottas from Tomb 83 and the likely 6th century BC date.
Bibliographic references
Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum
(A204)
Murray, Smith and Walters 1900 / Excavations in Cyprus
(p.139, Tomb 83; p. 113 & fig. 164, no.19)
Westerberg Cypriote Ships / Cypriote ships from the Bronze Age to c. 500 BC
(No. 31, pp.27-28 & fig. 31 [wrongly attributed to T. 73])
Karageorghis Coroplastic VI / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, animals and miscellanea
(p. 76, cat. no. 25 & pl. XLIII:7)
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
1894,1101.282