Model – boat MOD-0003
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Settlement, Lc 16 (fill of the 2nd room of a 2nd dynasty building).
30.11.2010 : Belgian Archaeological Mission in Elkab (MRAH).Egypt, ELK10-F-14.
Date : Naqada IIID
Second dynasty
Material : Marl clay
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
The bottom, part of the edges, and both ends are damaged.
Description
Object in pottery which appears to be a miniature boat model. The object is moulded by hand and also roughly smoothened by hand. it is well fired. One end curves slightly upward and ends with a pointy tip; it may be the prow. The other extremity does not seem to be curving upward. The walls taper down and are slightly incurving. Part of the base is damaged, so that it is difficult to determine whether it was flat or rounded.
There are some minor black stains (fire?) particularly around the damaged areas.
It has a central perforation which is not perfectly round. The entire inside is hollow. No other traces of decoration or small perforations in the sides are visible.
Dimensions (cm)
4.6
4.3
8.8
4.6
Diameter of hole: 1.7–1.8
Additional information
Comments
The clay is a marl B1 or B2.
Acknowledgements
We thank Wouter Claes for facilitating the study of this artefact.
References
2024
Boat models from the early dynastic settlement of Elkab: new insights on the archaeology of early pharaonic domestic contexts, in: in: Tristan, Yann; Villaeys, Julie; Ryan, Ellen M. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 7: proceedings of the seventh International Conference "Origin of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt", Paris, 19th–23rd September 2022. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 323. Leuven
, 719–723, fig. 1 (left, middle), fig. 2.
