fire-dog

Object Number

SMM1668

Name

fire-dog

Description

Parts of two fire-dogs

one larger and one smaller

(i) consists of a main body-piece plus numerous smaller fragments and scraps. The central section is in the form of a thick bar

but towards the preserved extremity (the bow

on the analogy of the ship-form which complete examples from elsewhere have)

this section changes gradually to a squarish rod

and then to a slim

upright rectangle

and simultaneously curves upwards. Under the main

horizontal portion one of the two arched supports can be restored

several broken pieces joining the crown of the arch which runs across underneath the main hull at right angles

and is still in situ. The arch is more massive than the hull itself; the restored height

to the underside of the arch

is 11. There will have been a second arch

further astern

(ii) consists only of two joining rectangular fragments of the hull of a second fire-dog.

Specimen Count

2

Preservation State

Fragment

Collection Date From

1978

Department

Knossos

Collection

Stratigraphical Museum

Other IDs

219.f56

SF 56

EMu IRN

44188