Model – boat MOD-0005
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Settlement, Lc 11.
2010 : Belgian Archaeological Mission in Elkab (MRAH).Egypt, ELK10_F-52.
Date : Naqada IIID
Second dynasty
Material : Marl clay
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Only a small portion of the original object remains.
Description
Possible fragment of a boat model moulded by hand and well fired, possibly from the wall of the boat.
The edge of the wall is rounded. The wall progressively tapers down. There is two small perforations (made pre-firing); one is situated in the break and is incomplete. Next to the complete one, there is a small protuberance on the inside.
Dimensions (cm)
4.5 x 4.5 x 0.7
Additional information
Comments
The clay is a Marl A1.
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
, 720–721, 723–724, fig. 1 (right, leftmost model), fig. 2.
