File:Corbita BM GR1850.3-4.32.jpg

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Object type relief sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q245117
Description
English: Man sailing a corbita, a small coastal vessel with two masts. Probably made in Africa Proconsularis (Tunisia). Found at Carthage.
Español: Talla de un pequeño velero encontrada en la antigua Cartago. Empoca de disputas por la hegemonía en el Mediterráneo de cartagineses y romanos.
Français : Marin dans une corbita, petit bateau de cabotage à deux mâts. Probablement réalisé en Afrique proconsulaire (Tunisie). Découvert à Carthage.
Date circa 200 AD
Medium marble
medium QS:P186,Q40861
Dimensions height: 22.8 cm (9 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,22.86U174728
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Upper floor, Room 69, Greece and Rome: Daily Life
Accession number
GR 1850.3-4.32
Object history

excavated by Sir Thomas Reade. Place: Carthage.

1850: purchased from John Doubleday
References British Museum: online database: entry 399722
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2006)
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