Equipment model; Anchor model
Scale: Unknown. A modern model of a Greek or Roman stone killick anchor made largely from wood and complete with a small stone stock. The main shank is a straight piece of wood, rectangular in section, to which are pegged by a wooden treenail a pair of wooden arms with curved inward faces, mounted at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. The stone stock, which is rectangular in section passes through a hole in the shank and is held in by a wooden fillet above and is lashed in position by a rope binding. The rope cable is knotted to a ring made from a series of smaller rope cords which pass through the top of the shank. One of a set of four models of Greek and Roman wooden killicks (anchors), brought to the surface during excavations off Sicily.
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Object Details
ID: | SLR2055 |
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Collection: | Ship models |
Type: | Equipment model; Anchor model |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Unknown |
Date made: | Unknown |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Overall model: 1060 x 134 x 118 mm |