The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context: An Archaeological Find and Its Mediterranean Context

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The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context Ed Rachal Foundation Nautical Archaeology Series In association with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology Texas A&M University Press • College Station Copyright © 2013 by Shelley Wachsmann Manufactured in the United States of America All rights reserved First edition This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper). Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Publication of this book has been aided by a grant from the von Bothmer Publication Fund of the Archaeological Institute of America. ThevirtualrealityimagesoftheGurobship-cartmodelandtheassociated digitalresourcesavailableat:http://www.vizin.org/Gurob/Gurob.html wereproducedbyDonaldH.SandersandtheInstitutefortheVisualizationofHistory ,Inc.(VIZIN). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wachsmann, Shelley. The Gurob ship-cart model and its Mediterranean context / Shelley Wachsmann. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-60344-429-3 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-60344-429-7 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-60344-746-1 (e-book) — ISBN 1-60344-746-6 (e-book) 1. Galleys—Models—Egypt—Gurob (Extinct city) 2. Carriages and carts—Models—Egypt—Gurob (Extinct city) 3. Egypt— Antiquities. 4. Gurob (Extinct city)—Relations—Sources. 5. Shipbuilding—Mediterranean Region—History—To 1500— Sources. 6. Sea Peoples—Sources. I. Title. II. Series: Ed Rachal Foundation nautical archaeology series. DT73.G85W33 2012 932'.2—dc23 2012004368 Frontispiece: Gurob ship model seen against the background of Ramses III's nautical battle against the Sea Peoples as depicted on his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu. Photo of model: S. Wachsmann, courtesy of the Petrie Museum of Archaeology. Background, after The Epigraphic Survey, 1930. Medinet Habu I: Earlier Historical Records of Ramses III, pl. 37, courtesy of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. For J. Richard “Dick” Steffy May 1, 1924–November 29, 2007 ...