Model – boat MOD-0010
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Settlement (Lc45, between mud brick walls Lc16, 17, 4).
17.11.2016 : Belgian Archaeological Mission in Elkab (MRAH).Egypt, ELK16_F-10.
Date : Naqada IIID
Second dynasty
Material : Nile silt
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
Less than one half of the model is preserved. The object is broken at one end.
Description
This boat model was modelled by hand and has triangular shape. The tip of the extremity is pointed. A hollowing in the clay possibly marks the intern section of the boat. The preserved part of the bottom is flat.
Dimensions (cm)
5.1 x 3.4 x 2.1
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
, 720–721, fig. 1 (right, rightmost model), 722, fig. 2, 725.
