INDEX

Abba, tombs of, 232–35

Abdichor, 41

Abimilki of Tyre, 10, 314

Abiramu, 61

Abusir, 23

Abu Zneima, 327

Abydos, 218

acacia wood, 224, 226, 227

Acco, 148, 176, 203, 270

Achziv, 152

“Admonitions of Ipu-wer,” 10, 296, 308

Adonis River, 11

Aegean double-ended craft, 76–77

Aegean longships, 69–76, 80, 108–10

Aegean Maritime Museum, 281

Aegean sea routes, 296–99

Aegean ships, 69–82, 351–52nnl–52; anchors from, 275–81; archaeological evidence on, 69; construction of, 227, 242–43; hybridism in, 55–56; iconographic evidence on, 69–80; propulsion of, 251; textual evidence on, 227; waterborne processions/races and, 117–20

Aegina, 77–80

agriculture, 76

Ahhiyawa, 128–30, 329

Akhenaton, 206

Akhihotep–heri, mastaba of, 258

Akkadian texts, 340–43

Akrotiri, 83

Alalakh, 84

Alashia, 61, 129, 130, 212, 317, 328; piracy and, 320; Sea Peoples and, 163–64; sea routes of, 295–96; trade in, 313. See also Cyprus

Albright, W. F., 33, 327

Alcinous, 306

Alexandria, 262

Amanmasha, 212, 295–96

Amarna texts, 40, 61, 130, 312, 320, 328

Amenemhet II, tomb of, 33, 36, 238, 253

Amenemhet IV, 273

Amenhotep II, 10, 45, 85–86, 204; tomb of, 24, 29, 242, 245, 248

Amenhotep III, 84, 253, 297, 335, 336

Amenmose, tomb of, 310

Ameny, 36, 37

Ammishtamru, 340

Ammurapi, 343–44

Amnisos, 154

Amorite chapel, 271

amphoroid krater, 98, 117–18

Amun, 11; Temple of, 55, 62, 310

Amun-of-the-Road, 206

Amun Userhet, 11

Amurru, 329

“Amurru Vassal Treaty,” 129–30

An 1, 41, 124, 125, 126, 157

An 610, 123, 124, 126, 154, 159, 160

An 710, 161

An 723, 127

An 724, 124, 125, 154, 159, 160, 161

Anani, 224–26

anchors, 11, 26, 41, 62, 255–93, 328, 368–70nnl–154; archaeological evidence on, 258–86; basalt, 270, 288; basket-handle, 296; brobdingnagian, 288; composite-, 255, 274, 279, 280; cultic significance of, 130, 147, 264, 265, 279, 287–88, 292; dummy, 262, 264, 271–73; iconographic evidence on, 256–58; in inland waters, 270–71; iron, 258; limestone, 270, 281, 286; sacred, 287–88; sand-, 255; sandstone, 281, 283; on the seabed, 293; from shipwrecks, 208, 281–86; small, 286–88; textual evidence on, 256; weight-, 255, 272, 274, 283; weight of, 288; wooden, 271, 288. See also stone anchors

Anemospilia, 117

Ankhow, stele of, 259, 331

ankh sign, 14

“Annals of Mursilis II,” 129

Antefoker, 23; stele of, 238, 259

aphlaston, 176, 178, 189–91

Appolonius of Rhodes, 287

Arad, 111

Aratus, 199, 300

archaeological evidence: on Aegean ships, 69; on anchors, 258–86; on Cypriot ships, 62; on Egyptian ships, 11; on Minoan/Cycladic ships, 84–85; on Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130; on Sea Peoples ships, 166; on Syro-Canaanite ships, 41–42

Archaeological Museum at Iraklion, 138

archery, 137, 356–57n65

Argos, 80, 152–53, 186

Arnuwadas I, 129

Arsames, 224

Artacie, 287

Artzy, M., 147, 176, 202–203

Arwad, 314

Arzawa, 129

Ashdod, 329

Asherat-of-the-Sea, 208

Ashkelon, 201–202, 329

Asine, 140, 151, 156

askoi, 140, 151–52, 156, 185, 201

Asleifarson, Svein, 320

aspective art, 317

Asphendou, Cave of, 353n96

Atchana Ware, 352nl8

Atchin, 193

Atet, chamber of, 229

Athenian Acropolis, 152, 201

Athens Archaeological Museum, 114

Athlit Ram, 158

Atpas, 129, 356n35

Attarissiyas, 129

Avaris, 39

awnings, 99

Ayios Andrionikos, 63

Aziru, 295, 312

Baal, 336; Temple of, 259, 273

Baal I, 323

backstays, 28, 137, 141, 143

Balensi, J., 270

Ballard, G. A., 26, 28, 247, 253

Bar Adon, P., 262, 264

Barkal Stele, 239

Barnett, R. D., 252

basalt anchors, 270, 288

Basch, L., 45, 52–53, 62, 66, 67, 69–70, 99, 102, 103, 105, 106, 138, 139, 140, 145, 147, 148, 203–204, 239, 257, 258

basket-handle anchors, 296

basketwork design, 62

Bass, G. F., 39, 80, 140, 155, 206, 208, 211, 288, 297, 299, 303, 307

Bates’ Island, 262, 299

Bavaria, 178

Bay of Antalya, 209, 297

beam/length ratio: of Aegean ships, 69; of Cypriot ships, 64; of Egyptian ships, 24; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 102–103, 104; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 153

beams: of Cheops ship, 219, 220; of Egyptian ships, 24, 31, 222, 224; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 105; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 148, 150; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 52, 54; through-, 24, 31, 52, 54

Beder, 324–25

Beit Yannai, 209

Beni Hassan, 248

Betts, J. H., 99–101, 103–104

Beyçesultan, 85

Bietak, M., 12

bipod masts, 15, 26–27, 49, 250

bird boats, 178

birds, navigation and, 300

birds/bird-head devices: of Aegean ships, 77, 80, 118; double-headed, 178; Homer on, 186, 199–201, 361–62nnl–27; magical properties attributed to, 194–95; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 99, 103, 111; multiple beaks on, 190–94, 330; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130, 134, 137, 141, 142, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 156; recent discoveries of, 201–204; of Sea Peoples ships, 163, 171, 172, 174, 175, 177–97, 202, 329–30, 360n60, 361n64; in ship graffito from Dakhla Oasis, 203–204

Biridiya of Megiddo, 40

Bishop, C. W., 74, 110, 116, 195

“Black Book of the Admiralty,” 376n9

Blitzer, H., 279

Boardman, J., 118

boat graves, 219

Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology, 274

Boǧhazköy, 154

Bon Porté, 240

Book of the Dead, 257

boom-footed rigs, 251, 254, 330–31; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130, 142, 156; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 48, 49

booms, 248, 254, 330; of Egyptian ships, 18, 27, 28; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96, 97, 98; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 139; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51

Boreux, C, 258

boughs, 125

Bouzek, J., 178

bow, composite (archery), 137, 356–57n65

bows: of Aegean ships, 69, 73–74; of Cypriot ships, 62; horizontal projection of, 157–58; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 94, 104; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 138, 149, 150, 152, 156, 157–58. See also cutwater bows

braces: of Egyptian ships, 28; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 143; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45

brailed rigs, 251–54, 331; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 140, 143, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 171, 175

brail fairleads, 251, 253

Breasted, J. H., 9, 228

breezes, land and sea, 301

British Museum, 130

bronze nails, 226

bronze ship models, 104

Broodbank, C, 75–76, 193

Buck, R. J., 117

bulwarks. See open bulwarks

butterfly ornaments, 111, 112–13

Byblos, 130, 226, 328; anchors from, 271–73, 283, 288, 292; Egyptian ships and, 9, 11, 327; Syro-Canaanite ships and, 40–41, 52–54

Byblos ships, 19, 224, 241–42; construction of, 245, 246

cabins: of Egyptian ships, 34, 36, 37, 38; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 94; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 53–54

cables, 248–51, 254, 330; of Egyptian ships, 15, 25; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 51

Cadogan, G., 208

Cairo Museum, 222

Çakir, Mehmet, 206

call-up, 126

cannibalism, 116

canoes, 98–99

Cape Andreas, 273, 274

Cape Gelidonya, 39, 205, 208, 211, 217, 297, 367n43; anchors from, 283–85; piracy at, 321; trade on, 307

Cape Greco, 288

Cape Iria, 205

Cape Kaliakri, 274

Cape Kiti, 273, 274, 292

Cape Krio, 209, 297

Cape Lara, 273

Cape Myti Komeni, 205

Capernaum, 271

Cape Stomi, 279

Capo Graziano, 209

caprails, 18, 64

captives, 128, 130

Carmel Coast, 202–203, 208–209

Carnegie Museum, 222

Casson, L., 25, 29, 69, 73, 106, 107, 140, 157, 158, 174, 226, 252, 253

castles: of Egyptian ships, 25, 31, 38; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 137, 141, 145, 147, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 172, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 52, 53. See also forecastles

Catling, H. W., 208

cedarwood, 9, 10, 11, 19, 215, 217, 364n34; Lebanese, 219, 227; trade in, 310, 312

Chadwick, J., 117, 123, 124, 127, 128

Chalandriani, 76

Champ des offrandes, 54

Cheops I ship, 216, 219–20

Cheops II ship, 219–20

Cheops ships, 9, 11, 14–15, 211, 312, 327; construction of, 215, 218, 219–20, 222, 224, 229, 239, 245

Chicago Museum of Natural History, 222

Childes, W. J., 197

Christensen, A. E., 164

Christos, 71

Cilicia, 295

Clowes, G. S. L., 223–24

Coates, J. E, 240–41

Code of Hammurabi, 323

composite-anchors, 255, 274, 279, 280

composite bows, 137, 356–57n65

convoys of trading ships, 314

copper, 11, 40, 61, 206, 208

coracles, 32, 62, 345n2

Cos, 141, 142

Crete, 154, 279–80, 298–99, 308

crow’s nests: of Cypriot ships, 66; of Egyptian ships, 31–32, 253; hybridism in, 56; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45–47, 51, 252

Crusades, 265

crutches, 28, 36, 94, 97, 98

Cult of the Dead, 308

cults: anchors and, 130, 147, 264, 265, 279, 287–88, 292; fertility, 74, 109, 116, 329; vegetation, 111–13, 116, 329; waterborne processions/races and, 105, 106, 107–108, 110–17, 120–22, 328

cutwater bows: of Aegean ships, 77; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 140, 151, 153; of Sea Peoples ships, 175

Cycladic frying pans, 70–71, 74, 76, 106, 109, 193

cypress wood, 217, 227

Cypriot seals, 66

Cypriot ships, 61–67, 254, 350nnl–47; anchors of, 62, 273–74, 292; archaeological evidence on, 62; iconographic evidence on, 62–67; propulsion of, 250; textual evidence on, 61–62

Cypro–Minoan script, 61, 83

Cyprus, 151–52, 185, 328, 329, 330; sea routes of, 295–96; Syro–Canaanite ships in, 49–51; trade in, 313. See also Alashia

Dagon, Temple of, 273

Dakaronia, F., 131

Dashur, 29, 220–22, 227, 245, 312

Davies, N. de G., 32, 44, 55, 257–58, 310, 313

Dead Sea, 271

De Cervin, G. B. R., 106

decks: of Cypriot ships, 62; of Egyptian ships, 25, 29; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 94, 96, 105; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 142, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 172, 174; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 54

Degania, 265

Deir el Bahri, 18–29, 32, 247, 250, 288, 314, 327, 330. See also Punt ships

de Morgan, J., 220

Demosthenes, 324

Deveboynu Burnu, 209, 297

dieres, 132–33, 156, 174

Diodorus Siculus, 226, 239, 308

Dirmil, 186

Dokos, 205, 279

Dor, 48, 163, 164, 209, 265, 266, 272, 273, 292

double-ended craft, Aegean, 76–77

doves, 113

dragon boats, 74–75, 109–10, 116, 195

duck ornaments, 196

dugouts, 32, 229–30, 351n26

dummy anchors, 262, 264, 271–73

Dunand, M., 52, 53, 54

Dussaud, R., 62

Eccles, E., 102

Edgerton, W. E, 11, 14, 228, 239

Egypt: Alashia and, 130; Cypriot ships in, 61–62; Graeco–Roman shipbuilding in, 226; Miniature Frieze influenced by, 105–106; Minoan/Cycladic contacts with, 85–86; peace treaty with Hatti, 333; sea routes of, 295–96, 297–99; trade in, 9, 308, 310–13, 327, 329, 332

Egyptian ships, 9–38, 254, 327–28, 330, 345–47nnl–171; anchors from, 11, 26, 256–62, 266, 272, 288; archaeological evidence on, 11; construction of, 215–26, 238–39, 241–42; Cypriot ships compared with, 64; iconographic evidence on, 11–32, 227–38; of Middle Kingdom, 18, 32–33, 36, 52–54; Minoan/Cycladic ships compared with, 97; Mycenaean/Achaean ships compared with, 144, 156; of New Kingdom, 18–32, 35–36; of Old Kingdom, 12–18, 24–25; propulsion of, 248, 251, 252–53; Sea Peoples ships and, 163, 166–75; size of, 23, 345nl6; Syro–Canaanite ships and, 10, 12–14, 15, 39, 40–41, 42–47, 47, 49, 52, 53, 241; textual evidence on, 9–11, 223–26; war and, 317–19

Eileithyia cult cave, 353n96

Ein Gedi, 271, 292

E-ke-ra2-wo, 124

El, 208

Elephantine Papyrus Cowley No. 26, 224–26

embalming, 308–10, 332, 374n90

Emery, W., 219

Enenkhet, 19

Enkomi, 50, 51, 98, 118, 142, 143, 147, 155, 156, 176, 177, 185, 201

Esarhaddon, 323

Eshuwara, 343, 360n54

Euboea, 209

Eusebius, 226

Evans, A., 83, 99, 101, 106, 116, 120, 279

Eye of Horus, 14, 24–25

Ezekiel, 160, 226, 227, 300

faenus nauticum, 324

fanlike devices, 148, 176

Faulkner, R. O., 24, 27, 29, 31, 44, 45, 238, 248, 250

feather helmets, 142, 177

Fensham, F. C., 323

fertility cults, 74, 109, 116, 329

Février, J. G., 52, 53

fire-dog ornaments, 186

First Dynasty boat graves, 219

fish ornaments, 19, 22, 71, 74, 77, 102

forecastles: of Egyptian ships, 25, 38; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 144, 147, 150, 156

forestays, 28, 137, 143

Forrer, E., 128

Fortesta, 186

frames, 364nl0; of Cheops ships, 220; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 148, 149, 150; tripartite, 220

Franchthi Cave, 69

Frankfort, H., 218

Frost, H., 209, 255, 256–57, 259, 271, 272, 273, 274, 287–88, 290, 292

frying pans, 70–71, 74, 76, 106, 109, 193

Furumark, A., 298

Gaballa, G. A., 12, 23

Galili, E., 211, 285–86

garboards, 216

Gardiner, A. H., 33–36

garlands, 88, 101, 119

Gazi, 138–39, 145, 148, 150, 157, 185, 191

Gela, 240

Gerzean ships, 248

Giglio, 240

Gilgamesh epic, 256

Gillmer, T. C, 106, 107

Glanville, S. R. K., 223–24, 312

Goedicke, H., 40

Gordon, “Chinese,” 75

Graeco–Roman shipbuilding, 226

graffiti: of Aegean ships, 71, 73; of birds/bird-head devices, 185, 202–203; of Egyptian ships, 32–38; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 143, 144–45, 147–48, 152; of Sea Peoples ships, 176; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 48, 49–50

grain, sheaves of, 111

grapnel, 317, 319, 332, 375nl2

Greek ships, 101, 187–89, 196, 328; anchors from, 279; Mycenaean/Achaen trade with, 154; wrecks of, 205

Grey Minyan Ware, 314

Grünwald, 178

Gulf of Eilat, 11

Haddon, A. C, 193–94

Hagia Triada sarcophagus, 71, 104–105, 115, 120

Hahotrim, 209, 288

Hala Sultan Teke, 49–51, 273–74

Haldane, C. W., 218–19, 220, 222–23

halyards, 330; of Egyptian ships, 27, 28; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96–97; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 141–43; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 45, 47, 51

Hama, 175–76, 178

Hamilton, R. W., 267, 270

Hand One (Pylian scribe), 127

Harkhuf, 19

“Harvesters Vase,” 115, 120

Hathor, Temple of, 32

Hatshepsut, 85, 159, 297; obelisk barge of, 26, 41, 367n15; Temple of, 18, 23. See also Punt ships

Hatti, 333

Hattusilis, 129

hawser weights, 286–87

helmets, 142, 143, 177

helmsmen, 28, 31, 132, 134, 153

Heltzer, M., 256

Hencken, H., 178

Henu, 19, 238

Herihor, royal galley of, 251, 252

Hermes Kranaios, cave of, 355n171

Herodotus, 114, 157, 159, 160, 223, 224, 227, 256, 257, 308

Hesychius, 200

Heteb, 324

hippopotamus ivory, 306, 310

Hippus of Tyre, 226

Hishulei Carmel, 209

Hittites, 128–30, 317, 329

Hocker, F. M., 227

hogging trusses, 248–50; of dragon boats, 74; of Egyptian ships, 14, 15, 18, 24, 25–26, 228, 242, 346n55; of Hatshepsut’s obelisk barge, 367nl5; hybridism in, 56; lack of on Syro-Canaanite ships, 45; of Punt ships, 246

Holmes, Y. L., 295

Holy Tabernacle, 227

Homer, 39, 95, 128, 149, 157, 186, 199–201, 227, 299, 300, 356n65, 358nl57, 361–62nnl–27

Hood, S., 116

Horemheb, 251

Hornell, J., 29, 77, 158, 194–95, 197, 206, 229, 239, 240

horse-head devices, 139

hulls: of Aegean ships, 69, 71–73, 227; construction of, 215–23; of Cypriot ships, 62, 63, 64, 66–67; of Egyptian ships, 23–24, 29–31, 32, 33–34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 215–23; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 90, 94, 96, 104; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 131, 137, 138, 141, 142, 143, 144–45, 148, 149, 152, 153, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 171–72, 176; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 42, 44, 45, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54

human sacrifice, 113–17, 354nl57, 354nl59

Hungary, 178

Hutchinson, R. W., 99, 101

hybridism, 55–60

Hyksos, 39, 253

Hyria, 144, 155, 156

Ialysos, 281

Iappa-Addi, 314, 321

Ibnadušu, 164

iconographic evidence: on Aegean ships, 69–80; on anchors, 256–58; on Cypriot ships, 62–67; on Egyptian ships, 11–32, 227–38; on Minoan/Cycladic ships, 85–105; on Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130–53; on Sea Peoples ships, 166–76; on ship construction, 227–38; on Syro-Canaanite ships, 42–51

Idrimi, 40

ikria, 94, 96, 99, 101, 111, 118

Ikria Wall Paintings, 101

incense, 305, 306, 332

Indian ships, 194–95, 197

“Indictment of Madduwatas,” 129, 130

Iniwia, tomb of, 54–60, 328, 350n119

Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA), 208, 283

international trade, 154–55

interregional trade, 154–55

Iolkos, 80

Ipy, tomb of, 183, 238

iron anchors, 258

iron nails, 226, 239–40

Isidis Navigium, 354nl32

Israel, 201–203, 226–27, 329; anchors from, 262–71, 331; shipwrecks in, 208–209

Israel National Maritime Museum, 152

Italy, 195

Ja 749, 154

Ja 829, 154

Jarrett-Bell, C. D., 29, 223, 247

Jehoshaphat, 299

Jericho, 241

Jesus, 301

jewelry, 303–305, 306

Johnstone, P., 107

Jonah, 212

Josephus, 301

juniper wood, 227, 298

Kabri, 84

kalla dhoni, 197

Kambos, 122

Kamose, 39, 42, 253, 312

Käpitan, G., 255

Karatepe, 186–87

Karnak, 274, 328

Kassite seals, 307

Kato Zakro, 243

Katsamba, 86

Kazaphani, 63, 66, 67, 242, 250, 328, 330

Kbn ships, 238

Kea, 86, 87

keel-planks, 216, 217, 222, 245

keels: of Aegean ships, 69, 73; of Cypriot ships, 63, 64, 66; defined, 245; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 156, 158; proto-, 242; of Punt ships, 241, 242, 245–46, 367nnl–2; of seagoing ships in Late Bronze Age, 241–43; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 52, 53

Keftiu, 51–52, 298, 328

Kehotep, mastaba of, 258

Kenamun, tomb of, 42–45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 56, 57, 60, 217, 248, 253, 300, 305, 306, 313, 314, 328, 330

Kennedy, D. H., 106

Keos, 104

Keros-Syros culture, 70, 75

Kfar Samir, 208, 209, 267

Khaniale Tekke, 138, 144

Khan Minya, 270–71

Khasekhemi, 9

Khenty-khety-wer, 238

Khirbet Kerak, 262. See also Tel Beit Yerah

Khirokitia, 273

Khnumhotep, 19, 37; tomb of, 231–32

Khonsu, Temple of, 251

Khui, tomb of, 19

Kibbutz Beit Zera, 262

Kibbutz Hahotrim, 208

Kibbutz Naveh Yam, 209

Kibbutz Shaar ha–Golan, 262

kidnapping, 212

Killen, J. T., 126

killicks, 275

Kinneret, 270

Kirk, G. S., 140, 157–58

Kition, 41, 152, 176, 185, 203; anchors from, 255, 272, 273–74, 283, 288, 290, 292; graffiti of, 147–48

Knossos, 61, 83, 86, 154, 243; anchor from, 279; fleet and officers at, 127–28

knots, 28, 254; sacral, 120–21

Kofinas, 105

Kolona, 88, 94, 95, 103

Kom el Hetan, 84, 297

Kommos, 279, 280

Korrés, G. S., 185

Kothar-wa-Khasis, 84

KTU 2.38, 334

KTU 2.39, 334-35

KTU 2.42, 335–36

KTU 2.46, 336

KTU 2.47, 336–37

KTU 4.40, 41, 126, 337

KTU 4.81, 337

KTU 4.338, 324, 337–38

KTU 4.352, 338

KTU 4.370, 338–39

KTU 4.390, 339

KTU 4.394, 339

KTU 4.421, 339

KTU 4.647, 339

KTU 4.689, 41, 256, 339–40

Kynos, 151, 153, 155, 156, 157, 243; birds/bird-head devices at, 185, 186, 191, 202; Mycenaean/Achaean ships at, 131–37

Kynos A (ship graffito), 131–34, 156, 172, 174, 176

Kyrenia II, 253–54, 367n36

Labaia, 40

Lacau, P., 227

lacing, 44. See also lashings

ladder design, 131, 133, 148, 151

Laffineur, R., 95

Laganda tomb, 177

Lallemand, H., 227

Lambertis, 62

Lamu Archipelago, 240

Landström, B., 18, 28, 38, 222, 230, 241, 242, 248

“La Parisienne,” 121

Lapithos, 151–52

larnax, 131, 137–38, 139

lashings: of Cheops ship, 14–15, 219–20; of Egyptian ships, 14–15, 27, 218, 222, 224, 227, 228–29, 238–39, 330; evolution of pegged mortise-and-tenon joinery from, 239, 240-41; sticks for tightening, 243; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45

lattice designs, 156

Lavrion, 303

Law of Eshnunna, 323

law of reprisal, 324

laws. See sea laws

laws of Oleron, 376n9

lead isotope ratio analysis, 303, 306, 307

lead ship models, 69–70, 73, 74

Lebanese cedar, 219, 227

Lebanon, 271–73, 310, 312

Le Baron Bowen, R., 28, 248, 253

Lewis, D., 300

Libya, 105–106, 120, 298

lifts, 330; hybridism and, 60; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96, 97, 101–102; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130, 142; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 45, 47, 49, 51. See also running lifts

limestone anchors, 270, 281, 286

limestone ship models, 105

Linder, E., 41

Linear A texts, 296

Linear B texts, 119, 329; on Aegean ships, 227; on Cypriot contacts, 61; on human sacrifice, 117; on Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 123–28, 154–55, 159, 160, 161; on Syro-Canaanite contacts, 40, 41; on trade, 308

Link Expedition, 270

Lipari, 209

Lisht timbers, 216, 218, 220, 222, 239, 364nll

Liverani, M., 331

Lloyd, S., 85

longships, Aegean, 69–76, 80, 108–10

looms: of Egyptian ships, 28, 34, 36; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 103; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44

Loret, V., 308

lugged axes, 35–36, 37

Lukka, 130, 320

Lulî, 159–60

lunates, 132, 356n57

Maagan, Michael, 156

Maa-Palaeokastro, 329

MacGregor, J., 271

Makai, 114

Manapa-Dattas, 356n35

Marathon Bay, 279

Mari, 83, 84

Marinatos, N., 105, 114, 115, 116, 120

Marinatos, S., 83, 86, 88, 89, 94, 96, 99, 105, 106, 107, 109, 113–14, 115, 120, 122, 183, 280–81

Maroni Zarukas, 63–64, 66, 67, 152, 185, 201, 250, 328, 330

Marsala, 227

mast caps: of Egyptian ships, 27; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 97; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 139, 142, 156

mastheads, 27, 96, 134, 330

masts: of Aegean ships, 80; bipod, 15, 26–27, 49, 250; of Cypriot ships, 66; of Egyptian ships, 15, 18, 26–27, 34, 36, 37, 38, 49, 250; hybridism in, 56; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 97, 98, 105; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 125, 132, 134, 140, 141, 142, 143, 153, 157; pole, 49, 80, 251; of Sea Peoples ships, 172, 176; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 47, 48, 49; tripod, 15, 18, 250

Mataria wreck, 222–23

Medinet Habu, 29–32, 52, 134, 137, 139, 141, 142, 144, 156–57, 163, 176, 251, 252, 329; birds/bird-head devices at, 177, 178, 185, 201–202; composite bow in, 357n65; description of relief at, 166–75; war scenes at, 317–19

Mediterranean Sea, 9

“Meeting on the Hill,” 88, 89, 90, 121, 122

Megadim, 265–66, 266, 273

Melena, J. L., 308

Mellaart, J., 85

Melos, 69, 76, 86, 105, 183

Mengebet, 325

Menkheperresonb, tomb of, 55, 310

Menna, tomb of, 253

Mentuhotep Sankhekere, 238

mercenary activities, 129–30

merchant ships, 129, 145, 153, 157, 160, 212

Mereruka, tomb of, 258, 274

Merrillees, R. S., 50, 64, 297

Mersa Gawasis, 260, 261, 288

Mersa Matruh, 262, 299

meru wood, 298

Mesopotamian seals, 111

metal ship models, 54

Middle Kingdom Egypt, 18, 32–33, 36, 52–54

Miltiades, 159

Minet el Beida, 273

Miniature Frieze (at Thera), 83, 86–99, 105–122, 142, 157, 329; additional fragments assigned to, 89; archaic characteristics of processional ships, 108–111; cultic significance of processional ships, 105, 106, 107–108, 110–17, 120–22, 328; damage to, 87–88; description of processional ships, 90–95; discovery of, 86; horizontal stern device on processional ships, 73–74, 106, 108, 109, 111; human sacrifice (?) depicted on, 113–17; interpretation of processional ships, 105–17; locale of processional ships, 105–106; “Meeting on the Hill” on, 88, 89, 90, 121, 122; military significance of processional ships, 105; piracy scene on, 320; placement of processional ships on, 87; sailing ship and rigging on, 96–98; small craft on, 98–99

Minoan artisans, 84–85

Minoan/Cycladic ships, 83–122, 254, 328, 352–55nnl–183; archaeological evidence on, 84–85; iconographic evidence on, 85–105; textual evidence on, 83–84

Minoan seals, 71, 91, 97, 98, 99–104, 111–13, 118–19, 353n66, 355n2; and human sacrifice, 115–16; ships with rigging on, 101–102; significance of ships depicted on, 103–104; talismanic, 99–101, 103, 119; typology of ships on, 103

Minos, 84, 320

Mirgissa, 257, 260–61

miši–people, 130

mnš ship, 47–49, 50, 51, 217

Mochlos, 76, 101

Moluccas, 71

Moran, W. L., 295

Morgan, L., 96, 99, 105, 106, 111, 114, 115, 120, 122, 243

Morricone, L., 141

mortise-and-tenon joinery, 215–16, 219, 220, 222, 227–28, 243, 330, 363n3, 364nll. See also pegged mortise-and-tenon joinery; unpegged mortise-and-tenon joinery

Mount Berenice, 265

Moustafa, Ahmed Youssef, 219

mtepe, 240

Muhly J. D., 39, 208

Müller, W., 45, 47

mummification, 308

Mycenae, 88

Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 123–61, 176–77, 355–58nnl–165; archaeological evidence on, 130; iconographic evidence on, 130–53; textual evidence on, 123–30

Mycenaeans: culture of, 117–19; human sacrifice and, 116, 117

Mycenaean seals, 211–12

Mycenaean sword, 356n29

Mykonos, 281

Na 568, 227

Nahal ha-Me’arot, 202–203

Nahal Hemar Cave, 254

nails, 227; bronze, 226; iron, 226, 239–40

Nauplius, 320

Naveh Yam, 259, 272, 285–86, 331

navigation, 295–301, 331, 370–72nnl–74

Naxos, 69–70, 71, 73, 74, 108

Nebamun, tomb of, 45–47, 50, 51, 56, 217, 253

Nebka, 9

Nefer, tomb of, 228–29

Neferhotep, tomb of, 251, 253

Nefertiti, 306

Nelson, H. H., 168–69, 170

neutron activation analysis, 154

Newberry, P. E., 238

New Kingdom Egypt, 18–32, 35–36

Nibbi, A., 9, 262

Nicosia museum, 149

Niemeier, W. D., 84, 95

Nikolás, Abbot, 296

Nile River ships, 9, 28, 29, 215, 239–40, 330; anchors of, 256, 257–58; hull remains of, 217–23; invasion of, 41; on Miniature Frieze, 105

Nilsson, M. P., 120

Nineveh, 154

Niqmaddu II, 333

Niqmepa, 340

Noah, 300

North House, 116

North Syrian Coast, 295

Nougayrol, J., 41

nuggars, 29, 366nl68

oak, 217, 227

oared warships, 155–58

oars, 247–48; of Aegean ships, 80; of Cypriot ships, 67; of Egyptian ships, 18; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 132, 133, 137, 140, 141, 148, 149, 150; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 41, 42, 49, 51. See also steering oars

oarsmen. See rowers

obelisk barge, 26, 41, 367nl5

Obelisks, Temple of the, 271

Oceania, 299

oculi, 14, 52, 149, 195

Odysseus, 227, 299, 306, 320, 356n65, 358nl57

Old Kingdom Egypt, 12–18, 24–25

open bulwarks: of Cypriot ships, 64–66; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 172, 176; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 48, 49, 51

opening of the eye (rite), 195

Orchomenos, 73

Ormerod, H., 320, 324

Oropos, 149–50

Osiris, 336

overseers, 333

oxhide ingots, 209, 281, 297, 303, 307, 362n7, 372n7, 372n8, 374n77

paddles, 247–48; of Aegean ships, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 118; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 94, 106–108, 109

Palaikastro, 71–73

Palaima, T. G., 124, 126, 127, 227

Palermo Stone, 9

Pandarus, 356–57n65

papirella, 351n3

papyri, 223–24, 226, 313

Papyrus Anastasi IV, 224, 226

Papyrus Harris 1, 10

papyrus rafts, 9, 15, 243

Papyrus Reisner II, 220, 223–24

Pardee, D., 324

Parsu of Amurru, 341

Payeh, 223

Peet, T. E., 33, 34, 35, 36

pegged mortise–and-tenon joinery, 216–17, 218, 222, 227, 228, 330, 366nl57; evolution of, 239–41; examples of, 235–38

pegs, 217, 227

penteconters: of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 138, 149, 153, 157, 159; of Sea Peoples ships, 174

people of the king, 333

Pepi I, 9

Pepi II, 19

Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 32

Persian Gulf, 41

Persson, A. W., 308

Pétrie, W. M. E, 218

Phaistos, 142, 156

Phaistos disk, 77

Philo of Byblos, 226

Phoenician joints, 241

Phoenician ships, 152, 186–87, 347–48nl. See also Syro-Canaanite ships

Phourni, 112

Phylakopi, 73, 94, 134, 140–41, 145, 149, 155, 183

piracy, 106, 320–21, 332, 375nnl–31; Aegean ships and, 75, 76; dragon boats and, 110; Mycenaean/Achaean ships and, 128, 129–30, 158

Pirate’s Walls, 320

pithos, 56–57, 77

pithos burials, 308

Piyamaradus, 129, 356n35

Plain White Hand-made Ware, 63

planks: of Cheops ship, 219, 220; of Egyptian ships, 222, 224; of Sea Peoples ships, 174; Tarkhan, 218–19

Pliny, 226

Point Iria, 279

pole masts, 49, 80, 251

poles, 94, 103

Politiko, 62

Poplin, E, 196

Porada, E., 42

posts: of Aegean ships, 71, 73; of Cypriot ships, 62; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 152; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 54. See also stemposts; sternposts

po-ti-ro, 127-28

pottery, 299; Mycenaean/Achaen, 123, 130, 132, 147, 153; from shipwrecks, 205, 206, 208, 209

Prasa, 86

Prausnitz, M. W, 202

prefects, 333

propulsion, 247–54, 367–68nnl–51

prostitutes, 313

proto-keels, 242. See also keel-planks; keels

Proto-White Painted fabric, 151

Proto-White Painted Ware, 66

Prw nfr, 51–52, 223

Psammetichus I, 232

Ptahhotep, tomb of, 228, 243, 258

Ptah of Memphis, 11

Pudehepa, 323

Puimre, tomb of, 243

Pulak, C. M., 155, 206, 216, 217, 288, 299, 306, 307

Punic shipwreck, 211

Punt ships, 9, 32, 327, 330; construction of, 216, 238–39; hybridism in, 56, 60; iconographic evidence on, 18–29; Iniwia ships compared with, 54; keels of, 241, 242, 245–46, 367nnl–2; knots and rope of, 254; Minoan/Cycladic ships compared with, 97; oars of, 247, 248; Sea Peoples ships compared with, 176; Syro–Canaanite ships compared with, 44, 45

Pylos, 61, 97, 154, 329; population of, 359nl9. See also rower tablets

pyramids, 220, 222

Pyrgos Livonaton, 131

Qaha, tomb of, 235–38, 241

Qatna, 84

quarter rudders: of Cypriot ships, 66; drawings of on anchors, 265–66; of Egyptian ships, 15, 28, 31, 36; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 103; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 137, 139, 140, 142, 145, 147, 155, 157; of Sea Peoples ships, 174–75, 176; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 47, 48, 51

Rabbu-ken, 342

racial prejudices, 348n4

radiocarbon dating, 208, 215, 271

rafts, 103; papyrus, 9, 15, 243; reed, 9, 345n4

Rahotep, Chamber of, 229

rainmaking, 116

Ramses II, 47, 55, 130, 317

Ramses III, 10–11, 27, 29, 31, 47, 50, 163, 166, 204, 239, 253, 317, 320, 357n65

Rapi’u, 336

Ras el Soda, 262

Rechmire, tomb of, 86, 253, 310, 312

Red Polished III Ware, 62

Red Sea, 9, 33, 41, 238, 327, 330

reed rafts, 9, 345n4

Re of Heleopolis, 11

Reynolds, C. G., 106

Rhodes, 281

Rhodian Sea Law, 324, 325, 376n9

rhytons, 104, 116

Rib-Addi, 10, 130, 254, 295, 296, 314, 321

rigging: of Aegean ships, 109; of Egyptian ships, 28; in Miniature Frieze, 96–98; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96–98, 101–102, 109; in Minoan seals, 101–102; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 140, 141; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 45, 48, 49. See also boom-footed rigs

Ring of Minos, 354nl36

Rod el cAir, 32–38

rope, 254, 271, 283, 288-92, 367n42, 367n43, 368n44, 368n45

rope grooves, 283, 285, 286, 288, 331

rope ladders, 45, 51

Rothenberg, B., 11

round ships, 145, 147, 153, 157, 176

Rowe, A., 11, 310

rowers: of Egyptian ships, 24, 31; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 132, 137, 141, 154, 155–56; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 41

rowers’ galleries: of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 138, 140, 144, 145, 149, 151, 155–56, 157; of Sea Peoples ships, 176

rower tablets, 123–27, 159–61, 329, 359nl4

RS 16.238 + 254, 340

RS 17.133, 340–41

RS 20.18, 343

RS 20.162, 341

RS 20.212, 341

RS 20.238, 344

RS 20.255A, 341–42

RS 26.158, 342

RS 34.129, 343

RS 34.135, 342

RS 34.145, 342

RS 34.147, 342–43

RS L.1, 343–44

rudders. See quarter rudders

Rujm el Bahr, 271

Rumania, 178

running lifts: of Egyptian ships, 27, 28; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 97

Saad, Z. Y., 219

Sacke Gözü, 111

sacral clothing, 120

sacral knots, 120–21

Sahure, 10, 11, 12–15, 18, 19, 23, 26, 28, 44, 218, 256, 312

sails, 248–54, 328, 330, 331; of Aegean ships, 118, 251, 252; of Egyptian ships, 27–28, 251, 252–53; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96, 97, 108, 109; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 137, 139–40, 143–44; of Sea Peoples ships, 175, 176, 251, 252; square, 248, 253

Sakellariou, A., 111

sand-anchors, 255

Sandars, N. K., 164, 177

sandstone anchors, 281, 283

Saqqara, 173

Sasson, J. M., 39, 53, 62

Satu Mare, 178

Säve–Söderbergh, T., 9, 39, 44, 45, 47, 130

saws, two–handled, 243

Sayed, A. M. A. H., 288

scarabs, 306, 363n37

“Scene on the Brook,” 120

Schaeffer, C. R A., 49, 176, 273

Schäfer, H., 29

Schliemann, H., 310

screens, 50, 51, 56, 156

SCUBA, 205

Scylla, 116

sea laws, 323–35, 332, 375–76nnl–24

seals, 306–307; Cypriot, 66; Enkomi, 176; Kassite, 307; Mesopotamian, 111; Mycenaean, 211–12; steatite prism, 102; Tell el Daba, 42, 51; Ugaritic, 49. See also Minoan seals

Sea of Galilee, 262, 264, 271

Sea Peoples ships, 27, 29, 31, 52, 130, 148, 163–97, 202, 204, 329–30, 333, 359–61nnl–85; archaeological evidence on, 166; composite bow and, 357n65; cultures influencing, 360n54; iconographic evidence on, 166–76; Mycenaean/Achaean ships compared with, 133, 134, 137, 139, 141, 142, 144, 152, 155, 156–57, 176–77; piracy and, 320; propulsion of, 251, 252; Syro–Canaanite ships and, 40, 51, 164, 175, 252; textual evidence on, 163–66; war and, 317

sea routes, 295–99, 331

sea trade. See trade

Sebekhotep, tomb of, 310

Sekel, 163, 324

Sennacherib, 159–60

Sennefer, tomb of, 253

Senufer, 10, 11, 310–12

Senusret III, 222

Serabit el Khadem, 32–33

Seraglio, 141

Sesostris I, 36, 220, 223

Sesostris II, 273

Seti I, 55

Severin, T., 228, 239

sewn ships, 218

Shaft Grave IV, 88

Shardanu ships, 317

Shaushgamuwa Treaty, 129, 130

sheer: of Aegean ships, 73; of Cypriot ships, 63; hybridism in, 56; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 48, 49

sheets, 28, 45, 96

shell-first ship construction, 224, 226, 239

Sheytan Deresi, 205–206

shfifonim, 262–65, 292, 331, 368n43, 369n54

ship construction, 215–46, 363–68nnl–180; ancillary materials in, 217–23; iconographic evidence on, 227–38; primary materials in, 215–17; shell-first, 224, 226, 239; skeleton-first, 224, 239; textual evidence on, 223–27

ship models, 328; Aegean, 69–70, 73, 74; askoi, 140, 151–52, 156, 185, 201; bronze, 104; Byblos, 241–42; Cypriot, 62–67; lead, 69–70, 73, 74; limestone, 105; metal, 54; Minoan/Cycladic, 104–105; Mycenaean/Achaean, 140, 148–53, 151–52; Syro–Canaanite, 54; wooden, 44. See also terra-cotta ship models

ship sizes: Cheops ships, 219; Egyptian ships, 23, 345nl6; Syro-Canaanite ships, 41

shipwrecks, 205–12, 330, 362–63nnl–65; anchors on, 208, 281–86; ethnic identification problems, 211–12; evidence of trade from, 303–307; laws on dealing with, 323–24; sites of, 205–11; willful, 323–24

shrouds, 176, 250, 254, 330; of Cypriot ships, 350n38; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 102; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 45, 51

Shukku, 323, 324, 340–41

Shuppiluliuma II, 317

sidder, 219, 364n34

“Siege Rhyton,” 88, 114, 116, 354nl53

Siginu, 340

Sikila, 163, 164

Sinai, 32–33, 327

Sinaranu, 296, 331, 340

Sinda, 329

sinn, 290

skeleton-first ship construction, 224, 239

Skyros, 137, 139–40, 145, 183, 187

slaving, 212, 313

smiting-god statuettes, 41–42, 348n40

Sneferu, 9

Sohar, 228, 229, 239, 243

Solima, 77, 190

Solomon, 299, 327

Solomon Islands, 71, 77, 190

solub e res, 194

solub wok-wak, 194

Sølver, C. V., 14, 15, 26, 28, 253

Somes River, 178

Somner, F., 129

sons of Ugarit, 333

sounding weights, 299, 300

Sphoungaras, 101

spurs, 150, 151, 156, 157, 158

square hawser holes, 288–92

square sails, 248, 253

stanchions: of Cheops ship, 220; of Cypriot ships, 64; of Egyptian ships, 28–29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 95; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 132–33, 137, 138, 145, 149; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 51, 54

stays, 101–102; fore, 28, 137, 143

steatite prism seal, 102

steering oars: of Aegean ships, 73; of Egyptian ships, 15, 28, 29, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 157; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 51, 53, 54

Steffy, J. R., 158, 227

Steiner, G., 129

stellar navigation, 300

stemposts: of Cypriot ships, 62; of Egyptian ships, 24–25, 31; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 138, 140, 144, 149; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 50, 51

stems: of Aegean ships, 74, 77; of Cypriot ships, 63; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 134, 137, 145, 149, 151, 152, 153, 156; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 54

sternposts: of Cypriot ships, 62, 63, 66; of Egyptian ships, 34, 36; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 152; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 50, 51

sterns: of Aegean ships, 73–74; of Cypriot ships, 63; horizontal device on Miniature Frieze, 73–74, 106, 108, 109, 111; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 88, 90, 104, 106, 108, 109, 111; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 144, 145, 149, 152, 156; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 54

stick charts, 299

Stieglitz, R. R., 266

stone anchors, 209–10, 216, 217, 256–58, 265–71, 273–74, 275–79, 331

strakes, 216, 217, 227

Sudanese Nilotic craft, 239–40

Surata of Acco, 40

sycamore wood, 219, 222

Syria, 178, 273

Syro-Canaanite coast, 48–49, 226–27; Mycenaean/Achaean ships and, 129; sea routes of, 295–97

Syro-Canaanite ships, 39–60, 254, 327–28, 330, 347–50nnl–120; anchors of, 41, 257, 266; archaeological evidence on, 41–42; characteristics of, 51; construction of, 217, 226–27; Cypriot ships compared with, 66; Egyptian ships and, 10, 12–14, 15, 39, 40–41, 42–47, 49, 52, 53, 241; hybridism in, 55–60; iconographic evidence on, 42–51; Minoan/Cycladic ships compared with, 97; propulsion of, 248, 250, 253; Sea Peoples ships and, 40, 51, 164, 175, 252; ships misinterpreted as, 52–60; sizes of, 41; textual evidence on, 39–41, 226–27; trade and, 39–40, 155, 308, 310, 312, 314, 329; tutelary goddesses of, 206; wrecks of, 212

Syros, 70

Tabaria, 288

“Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor,” 10, 32, 299, 300, 359n4

“Tale of Wenamun.” See Wenamun

talismanic seals, 99–101, 103, 119

Tanagra, 148–49

Tantura A shipwreck, 365n63, 368nl3

Tantura Lagoon, 209

Tarkhan planks, 218–19

Tartous, 288

Tarxien, 73

tassels, 71, 74, 77, 88

“Tawagalawas Letter,” 129

“Teachings of Merikare, The,” 298

Tel Beit Yerah, 262, 264, 265

Tel Ein Gev, 270

Televantou, C. A., 90, 113

Tell Abu Hawam, 48–49, 51, 253, 267, 270

Tell Atchana, 84

Tell Basta, 257, 261

Tell el Dabca, 42, 51, 85, 298

Tel Shiqmona, 270

Temple of Amun, 55, 62, 310

Temple of Baal, 259, 273

Temple of Dagon, 273

Temple of Hathor, 32

Temple of Hatshepsut, 18, 23

Temple of Khonsu, 251

Temple of the Obelisks, 271

Temple of Userkaf, 259

tenons, 217, 219, 220, 222

terebinth resin, 305, 308–310, 332, 372nl8, 374n94

terra-cotta ship models: Aegean, 70–73, 74, 76–77; birds/bird-head devices of, 185, 191, 201; Cypriot, 62, 63–66; Minoan/Cycladic, 104; Mycenaean/Achaean, 148–50, 152, 157, 158; Syro-Canaanite, 50, 51, 52–54

textual evidence: on Aegean ships, 227; on anchors, 256; on Cypriot ships, 61–62; on Egyptian ships, 9–11, 223–26; on Minoan/Cycladic ships, 83–84; on Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 123–30; on Sea Peoples ships, 163–66; on ship construction, 223–27; on Syro–Canaanite ships, 39–41, 226–27

Theban tombs, 85–86, 297

theft in harbor, 324–25

Theocritus, 200

Thera, 86–99, 157, 328–29; anchors from, 280–81; destruction of, 352nl; human sacrifice at, 113–17. See also Miniature Frieze

Tholos Tomb 1, 137

Throckmorton, P., 205

through-beams, 24, 31, 52, 54

Thucydides, 320

Thutmose I, 306

Thutmose III, 10, 39–40, 51, 55, 85, 86, 223, 239, 241, 297, 308, 310, 312, 313, 314, 321, 327, 330, 352nl

T(161), tomb of, 173–74, 227, 229–31

tillers: of Aegean ships, 73; drawings of on anchors, 265–66; of Egyptian ships, 28–29, 31, 34, 36, 37, 38; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 137; of Sea Peoples ships, 171, 176; of Syro-Canaanite ships, 44, 47, 51

Tilley, A. F, 107

timbers: of Aegean ships, 227; of Egyptian ships, 223, 224; trade in, 310–13

tin ingots, 303

Tiryns, 150, 156, 157, 183, 201

Tjeker, 164

Tjekkerbaal, 11, 12, 40, 310, 311–12, 314

toggles, 248

tomb paintings, 212, 310. See also specific sites

“Tower of the Winds,” 300

Tower Temple, 271

trade, 9, 39–40, 303–15, 327, 329, 331–32, 372–75nnl–149; Aegean ships and, 76; convoys of ships in, 314; international, 154–55; interregional, 154–155; invisible items in, 313; manufactured materials in, 306; Mycenaean/Achaean ships and, 154–155; organic materials in, 305–306; personal items and ship’s equipment in, 306–307; port scenes and recreation ashore, 313; prestige items in, 306; raw materials in, 303; Sea Peoples ships and, 163; in timber and ships, 310–13

Tragana, 139, 144, 145, 151, 157, 185, 191, 201

traiectito pecunia, 324

traveling gods, 206

treenails, 228, 235–38

Trésor de bronzes, 253

triaconters, 157

Trianda, 84

tripartite frames, 220

tripod masts, 15, 18, 250

Tudkhaliya II, 356n29

Tudkhaliya IV, 129, 323, 329, 340

Turkey: anchors from, 274; birds/bird-head devices at, 186; shipwrecks in, 205–208, 209

turquoise, 32

Tutankhamen, 24, 29, 31, 206, 242, 245, 312

tutelary deities, 206–208, 307

two-handled saws, 243

Tylissos, 86

Typhis, 287

Tyre, 226, 227

Uchitel, A., 154

Ugarit, 253; destruction of, 332; sea routes of, 295, 296; supplies dragoman for Minoans at Mari, 83; Syro–Canaanite ships in, 41, 49, 51

Ugaritic alphabetic script, 334–40

Ugaritic seals, 49

Ugaritic ships, 226, 255, 272, 273, 274, 283, 290, 292

Ugaritic texts, 317, 328, 333–44; in Akkadian language, 340–43; on Cypriot ships, 61; on Egyptian ships, 224; on Minoan/Cycladic ships, 84; on Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 154; on piracy, 320; on a seaborne invasion, 343–44; on Sea Peoples ships, 163–64; on shipwreck laws, 323–24; on Syro–Canaanite ships, 39; on trade, 313; in Ugaritic alphabetic script, 334–40

Uhhazitis, 129

Uluburun, 42, 44, 66, 154, 155, 205, 206, 209, 211–12, 226, 243, 245, 300, 328, 330; anchors from, 259, 281–83, 285, 286, 288, 290, 293, 331; construction of ships at, 216–17; evidence of trade from, 303–308; piracy and, 321; sea routes of, 297

Unas, 12, 14, 15–18, 28, 250, 256, 257

Uni, 9, 300

unpegged mortise–and-tenon joinery, 215, 218, 227, 228, 239, 330; examples of, 229–35

Ura, 295

Urnfield culture, 137, 178, 330

Useramun, tomb of, 312

Userkaf, Temple of, 259

Utnapishtim, 300

Van Effenterre, H., 99, 227

Vathyrkakas, 66

vegetation cults, 111–13, 116, 329

Velem St. Vid, 178

Vercoutter, J., 298, 299

Versailles effect, 84

Vikings, 164, 320

Villanovan art, 178, 183

Vinson, S. M., 218

Virolleaud, C, 224

Vn 865, 227

volutes, 178

V series of texts, 127–28, 227

Wadi Gawasis, 32–33, 215–16, 238, 239, 257, 259, 260, 286, 312, 327, 331

Wadi Hammamat, 19, 41

Wadi Tumilat, 238

Wapremakhi, 224–26

wales: of Cypriot ships, 63, 66; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 132, 150; of Sea Peoples ships, 175

Wallace, H., 286–87

wall paintings, 84, 85, 97, 101, 297–98, 328, See also specific sites

war galleys, 133

Warren, P., 116

warships, 317–19, 332, 375nnl–31; dragon boats as, 75, 110; oared, 155–58

waterborne processions/races: in Aegean, 117–20; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 143. See also under Miniature Frieze

weather lore, 300–301

We–da-ne-u, 124

wedged stiches, 240–41

weight-anchors, 255, 272, 274, 283

Weinstein, J., 206

Wenamun, 11, 12, 40–41, 61–62, 163, 164, 206, 212, 300–301, 310, 311–12, 314, 324–25, 332, 370nl

Westerberg, K., 62, 67

West House, 86, 87, 101, 115, 118, 243

White Painted I fabric, 151

White Painted II Ware, 62

White Painted IV Ware, 62

Wiener, M., 84

Williams, R. T., 140

wind roses, 300

Winkler, H. A., 203

Wolley, L., 84

wood. See acacia wood; cedarwood; cypress wood; juniper wood; Lebanese cedar; meru-wood; sidder; sycamore wood

wooden anchors, 271, 288

wooden ship models, 44

Wreschner, E., 202

Yadinu, 336–37

Yam Kinneret, 264

Yannai, A., 41–42

yards, 330; of Aegean ships, 80; of Egyptian ships, 27, 28, 37, 252–53; of Minoan/Cycladic ships, 96–97; of Mycenaean/Achaean ships, 130, 134, 139, 143; of Sea Peoples ships, 175; of Syro–Canaanite ships, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51, 253

Yarim-Lim, 84

Yon, M., 196

Zakynthos, 124

Zau, tomb of, 257

Zawiet el Meitin, 229

Zeus, 116

Zimri-Lim, 83

Ziskind, J. R., 324