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Cypriot model (2)
ref. : en.1025.2013 |
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modèle | Third quarter of IIe millennium BC
Chypre ( Chypre )

modèle | Third quarter of IIe millennium BC
Chypre ( Chypre )
Terracotta model boat; there are 19 small holes around the edge and a larger hole in each of the two long sides; the poop has a bench and a forked end; repaired and restored.
Culture/period : Late Cypriot I or Late Cypriot II, 1650BC-1200BC
Made in Cyprus
Findspot : Maroni, Tomb 7
Dimensions : Length: 59 centimetres
Height: 14 centimetres (middle)
Height: 22.5 centimetres (poop and stern)
Curator’s comments
The model is discussed by Carbillet (2011, 227-8 and fig. 6) in the content of other Bronze Age examples
Excavated by The British Museum in 1898
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