Model boat, fragment MOD-0024

Model – boat, fragment MOD-0024

By Vanhulle, Dorian

Hierakonpolis
, Nekhen town, Temple, 'Main Deposit'.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.

Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, AN 1896–1908 E.4664.

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 : Fragment

Preservation information :
This section leading to one extremity of a boat model is damaged. The full length of this extremity is lost.

Description

Fragment of one extremity of a boat model. This extremity is slightly raised.

Decoration

The vertical strokes incised along the gunwale are probably emulating the ligatures used to tightened the different parts of real wooden structures at that time.

© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

3.3

Width :

0.5

Length :

10

Additional information

Acknowledgements

We thank Liam McNamara for facilitating the study of this artefact.

References

Not previously published.

Cite this Page

Vanhulle, D. 2023. MOD-0024, Predynastic Online Database, www.ponda.org/object/MOD-0024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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