Model – boat MOD-0006
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Settlement, Lc. 15 (ashy layer against walls of silo T3B-Fea01).
2010 : Belgian Archaeological Mission in Elkab (MRAH).Egypt, ELK10_F-53.
Date : Naqada IIID
Second dynasty
Material : Nile silt
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Only a small part of the original object is preserved. One side shows a fresh break, which most probably occurred during excavation.
Description
This fragment consists of a stern or prow and part of the base and wall of the boat. It has been moulded by hand and baked in open fire. The base seems to be more or less flat.
No remains of decoration or perfortations are visible.
Dimensions (cm)
3.8 x 2.8 x 2.9
Additional information
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
, 719–721, 723–724, fig. 1 (right, middle), fig. 2.
