- Object Name:
- Ship Model
- Title:
- Sidonian Merchantman
- Place Made:
- Haifa, Israel
- Date:
- 1972, after a 2nd-3rd century CE stone relief
- Medium:
- Wood: painted; cord; cloth
- Dimensions:
- 26 1/4 × 29 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (66.7 × 74.9 × 21.6 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joy Unglerleider
- Accession Number:
- JM 14-73
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Not On View
In the 1970s a new director of the Jewish Museum with a passion for the antiquities of Israel mounted a number of exhibitions on the subject. This model ship was commissioned from the Haifa National Maritime Museum for one such show. The Phoenicians of Lebanon were known for their maritime prowess. This replica of a first- to second-century CE merchant vessel from Sidon is based on a depiction found on a stone relief.
Information may change as a result of ongoing research.