Terracotta Warship Model

Terracotta Warship Model

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.


Dimensions: Length: 17.50 centimetres


Object Type: model; boat


Techniques: painted; handmade

Period:

Archaic II

Date:

600 - 500 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Amathus

Accession Number:

1894,1101.517