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Model – boat, fragment MOD-0035
By Vanhulle, Dorian
, Nekhen town, Near S.E. angle of Town 180.
1898–1899 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 15710.
Date : Naqada III
The object comes from an area of the site attributed to the Naqada III period on the basis of archaeological data.
Material : Clay
Preservation : Fragment
Preservation information :
This model of modest dimensions is broken and only one extremity is preserved.
Description
Fragment of the extremity (prow?) of a small boat model. This extremity is flat and rectangular in shape. The inside section of the model is hollow.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
© Dorian Vanhulle, courtesy of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge.
Dimensions (cm)
Height :
2
Width :
3.2
Length :
4.8
Additional information
Acknowledgements
We thank I. Gunn (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge) for facilitating the study of this artefact.
