Papyrus reed raft, 3500 BC (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This simple raft is made of five large bundles of reeds bound together. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. Only the bundle at one side of the raft can be seen in the image. At the left of the page, the thin ends of the reeds forming the stern (back) of the raft curve up and over into a point. The bundles of reeds are thickest in the middle, where they form the deck of the raft towards the bottom of the page. The bundles get thinner again as they curve up at the right of the page to form the slender bow (front) of the raft. Leather straps hold the bundles of reeds together and attach them to each other. Several of these straps can be seen along the length of the raft - with wider ones round the thickest parts of the reeds. Towards the left of the image, just to the right of the stern, there is a cabin made of wood and reeds. It has a small rectangular window. To the right of this, towards the bow, a central mast and two ropes secure a simple sail to the raft.
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- Date of Addition:
- 08/04/16
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- Language:
- English
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- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction
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