Model – boat, fragment MOD-0021
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Nekhen town, Temple, 'Main Deposit'.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1896–1908 E.4672.
Date : Naqada III
This model comes from the Main Deposit at Hierakonpolis, which notably contained Early Dynastic material such as the Narmer Palette, the Narmer Mace-head and the Scorpion Mace-head (Dynasties "0" and 1). The archaic levels in the Temple of Hierakonpolis are extremely difficult to date with precision since the deposits have been used during an extensive period of time and mix materials from different periods.
Material : Ivory (undefined) (Carved)
Preservation : Fragmentary
Preservation information :
Only a fragment of the central part of the hull survives. A circular perforation is visible and partly lost in one of the breaks.
Description
Fragment of a poorly preserved boat model.
Decoration
The upper side of the object is covered with incised strokes placed at regular intervals. Based on better preserved ivory models, it is reasonable to suggest that these incisions are emulating the ligatures used to tightened the different parts of real wooden structures at that time. A circular perforation is partly lost in one breakage of the object.
Dimensions (cm)
1.9
0.8
4.9
Additional information
Acknowledgements
We thank Liam McNamara for facilitating the study of this artefact.
