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. ANTIQUE SHIPS .

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Bronze Age

Iron Age

Hellenistic Period

Roman Period

Olympias photo, athenian trireme reconstitution (1987)

	Egypt Illustrated knife from Al Azraq Monoxyle pirogues Early 3rd millenium The mns boat Late 3rd - early 2nd millenium Peoples of the Sea Engravings - 4th millenium	Minoan Crete Minoan marine Minoan writing signs The disc from Phaistos Minoan sceals : ship-bird Minoan sceals : cycladic type Minoan sceals : curved symetrical ships Minoan sceals : ship with drift aileron Minoan sceals : symetrical angular ship Minoan sceals : diverse types Minoan sceals : schematic representations Minoan sceals : rafts Minoan models Paints on a Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada Minoan graffiti Scenery on minoan potteries	Minoans - Mycenians Mycenian marine Model from Appolonia Lead models from Naxos Model from Palaikastro Ships from Dorak Mycenian models Model from Ampharaion Paints on vases and sarcophagus Mycenian paints from Cyprus Engravings from Naxos Graffiti from Dramesi (Beotia) Graffiti from Cyprus Drawing from Orchomene Ships from Akrotiri (Thera) The Syros type Mycenian vase from Skyros Pyxis from Tragana Rython from Cyprus
	Syria - Near East Sceal from Cyprus Sceals from Mesopotamia Model from Byblos Model from Ugarit Models from Cyprus Syrian ships from Egypt Sculptures from Sumer Graffito from Kition (Cyprus)		Geometrical Greece Post-mycenian marine Geometrical Greece marine Model from Fortetsa The Athenian golden ship Brooches from Beotia Firedog from Argos Geometrical Crater from Ischia Crater from Cnossos Vase from Khaniale Tekke The pseudo-dière from British Museum The Dipylon group with tolet The Dipylon group without tolet The Dipylon group : sight in profile "X-rays" sight The skyphos from Eleusis The oenoché from Copenhagen Crater from Megara Hyblaea Crater from New York Schematization tendancy Evolution to realism The bireme apparition The bireme of Toronto Ceramic from Peloponnese Ceramic from Turquey Bronze relief from Ida cave
	Syria - Mesopotamia Cylindrical sceals Relief of IXth century Coins from Arados (V-IV c. BC) Coins from Sidon (V-IV c. BC)	Archaic Greece Archaic Greece marine Oil lamp from Athens Attic grafitto on a tile The classical attic pentecontores Arcesilas dish Peintures proto-Attiques from Athens The vase "François" (Chiusi) The Athena painter vase Monères on attic dinoi Monères on attic dishes Monères on attic craters Monères on various attic ceramics Dières on attic dinoi Attic ceramics with ships on the sides Dionysian tanks
	Hellenistic Egypt Graffiti from Alessandria	Hellenistic Greece Greek intaglio Grafitti from Delos The Ptoleme II’s Isis Bottians Coins (II c. BC)	Hellenistic Syria Seal from Sidon. Bas-relief of Palmyr Coins from Arados (IV-I c. BC) Coins from Carne (end III c. BC) Coins from Dora Coins from Marathus (III c. BC) Coins from Sidon (IV-I c. BC) Coins from Tripoli (III c. BC. - Ier c. ap. J.-C.) Coins from Tyr (II c. BC - Ist c. AD) Coins from uncertain origin Coins from Berytus
	Pre-roman Italy Etruscan miror Etruscan beetles
	Republican Rome Roman marine origine Paints from Herculanum Paints from Pompei Paints from Sirmione Mosaic and bas-relief from Preneste Bas-reliefs from Pompei Sculptures from Osti Italian graffiti and sculptures Roman graffiti and sculptures Dishes from Cales (250-180 BC) Roman coins (IVth-IInd century) Coins of the end of the Republic Coins of Sextus Pompee Coins from Gaul (Ist c. BC) Coins from Italy (Ist c. BC) Coins from Sicily (Ist c. BC) Coins from Mauretania (Ist c. BC) Coins from Crete-Cyrenaic (Ist c. BC) Coins from Greece (Ist c. BC) Antoine’s coins (Ist c. AD) Coins from Black Sea (Ist c. BC) Coins from Macedonia (Ist c. BC) Coins from Asia (Ist c. BC) Coins from Syria (Ist c. BC) Coins from Judea (Ist c. BC) Coins from Alexandria (Ist c. BC)	Early Roman Empire Boats on "intailles" Model from Sparte Oil lamps Model from Beth Maré Model from St Aldegund Sculptures from Pouzzoles Coins from Alexandria (Ist c. AD) Documents of unknown origin Orange arch Italian documents Relief from Medicaneli collection Graffiti from Pompei Coins from Betica (Ist c. AD) Coins from Tarraco (Ist c. AD) Coins from Greece (Ist c. AD) Coins from Thrace (Ist c. AD) Coins from Bithynia and Pont (Ist c. AD) Coins from Asia (Ist c. AD) Coins from Syria (Ist c. AD) Coins from Judea (Ist c. AD) Coins from Rhodes (Ist c. AD) Coins from Cilicia (Ist c. AD) Coins from Arados (Ist c. AD) Coins from Sidon (Ist c. AD)	Imperial Rome Paints from Ostie Mosaics from Ostie Mosaics from Themetra Mosaics from Dougga Mosaics from Tunisia Mosaics from Sousse Mosaics form Utica Mosaics from Carthage Mosaics from El Alia Relief from Neumagen Sculptures from Turquey The Trajan Column Italian sculptures (II-III AD) The boat from Sidon Bas-reliefs from the East of the Empire Sarcophagus from Ostia Greec steles Sculptures from Africa Sculptures from Rome Grafitti di Palestina Grafitti from Africa Hadrian Coins Coins from Turquey Diocletian and Maximian’ coins Coins of Late Empire Mosaic from England Coins from Arados (I-II c. AD) Coins from Sidon (IIIrd c. AD) Coins from Tripoli (II-III c. AD) Coins from Tyr (II c. AD)

Each illustration comprise explication, datation, localisation, bibliographical source, the reference in the book : L. Basch, Le musée imaginaire de la marine antique, Athènes, 1987.

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