Model boat MOD-0043

Model – boat MOD-0043

By Vanhulle, Dorian

Matmar
, Tomb 3079.
1929–1931 : British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt excavation.

Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 16805 (1932.504).

Date : Naqada IIB

The tomb in which the model was found can be dated to Naqada IIB thanks to the ceramic material discovered in it.

Material : Clay

Preservation : Complete

Preservation information :
The model shows evidence of firing on both its internal and external surfaces

Description

Boat model with a flat bottom, an upright stern and a raised prow. The interior is hollow. This model shows a slight ressemblance similarities with another one kept in the Petrie Museum (UC. 9024) and also discovered in Matmar (Cim. 5100, tomb 25/5452). Their chronological position is different, though, since this model belongs to Naqada IIB while the one from the Petrie Museum is considered to belong to the Badarian period.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (ed.) : Online catalogue

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge (ed.) : Online catalogue.

Dimensions (cm)

Height :

4.2

Width :

5.9

Length :

Additional information

Acknowledgements

We thank I. Gunn (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge) for facilitating the study of this artefact.

References

Brunton, G.

1948

Matmar. British Museum Expedition to Middle Egypt, 1929–1931. London

, 15, 22, pl. X, XIII.25.

Müller-Karpe, H.

1968

Handbuch der Vorgeschichte, zweiter Band: Jungsteinzeit, 2 vols. München: C. H. Beck

, pl. 10.18.

Podzorski, P. V.

1994

The Northern Cemetery at Ballas in Upper Egypt: A Study of the Middle and Late Predynastic Remains. University of California: Berkeley (unpublished PhD)

, fig. 20.

Merriman, A.

2011

Egyptian watercraft models from the Predynastic to Third Intermediate Periods. BAR International Series 2263. Oxford

, 141, no. 6.