model;
boat
- Museum number
- 1894,1101.517
- Description
-
Terracotta model of a warship; hand-made; elongated hull with flat bottom, with a pointed zoomorphic prow (a boar according to the Catalogue); at the back is a curved stern (the end missing) made from buff clay decorated with black and yellow paint; chevrons between black double stripes on the sides.
- Production date
- 600BC-500BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 17.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The original findspot of this model is not entirely certain. Tomb 176 is given as the source in the original 1894 register and later in Walters' catalogue, but this tomb was officially assigned to the Cyprus Museum, and at least one item - a terracotta cow - was listed in the Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum (Myres and Ohnefalsch-Richter 1899, 113, no. 3325) as coming from this tomb. See also Hermary 1996, 15 note 16 problem of attribution.
Bibliography:
Hermary A. 1996, 'Figurines en terre cuite des fouilles anglaises d'Amathonte (1893-1894)', CCEC 26 (1996/2), 13-21.
Myres J. and Ohnefalsch-Richter M. 1899, Catalogue of the Cyprus Museum (Oxford).
- Location
- On display (G72/dc5)
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 1894,1101.517
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: 1894,1101.184*
