model; boat

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Object Type: model; boat
Museum number: 1894,1101.290
Description: Fragment from the bow of a terracotta model warship; hand-made; the surviving portion consists of the curving hull terminating in a pointed ram, behind which is a thwart; projecting stem above with a fish-tail end; made of buff clay with no apparent traces of painted decoration.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 600BC-500BC
Production place: Made in: Cyprus
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Amathus, Site E, tomb 95
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Length: 14.50 centimetres
Curator's comments: Karageorghis and Westerberg (op. cit.) both suggest that this is a non-joining part of the same model as 1894,11-1.291. The associated objects suggest a date in the 6th century BC.
Bibliographic references: Terracotta / Catalogue of Terracottas in the British Museum (A212); Karageorghis Coroplastic VI / The coroplastic art of ancient Cyprus. VI. Monsters, animals and miscellanea (p. 74, cat. no. 12 & pl. XLII:3); Westerberg Cypriote Ships / Cypriote ships from the Bronze Age to c. 500 BC (Cat. nos. 42-43 & figs. 42-43)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Acquisition name
Funder name
Acquisition date: 1894
Department: Greek and Roman
Registration number: 1894,1101.290

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