Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report, Volume I

Name: Kyrenia Ship Final Excavation Report, Volume I
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Author: Susan Womer Katzev, Helena Wylde Swiny
ISBN: 9781785707520

History of the Excavation, Amphoras, Ceramics, Coins and Evidence for Dating

av Susan Womer Katzev, Helena Wylde Swiny

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022-10-15

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The Kyrenia Ship, a Greek merchantman built around 315 BC, which sank off the north coast of Cyprus was excavated between 1968 and 1972 under the direction of Michael L. Katzev of the University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College. The importance of this ship lies in the exceptionally well-preserved hull that provided new insights into ancient shipbuilding, as well as the cargo it carried. The hold was stacked with transport amphoras of various types made on Rhodes, with a few examples from Samos, Kos, Knidos and Cyprus (?), supplemented by a consignment of millstones, iron billets and almonds. The cabin pottery from Rhodes also suggests this was the vessel's home port, a conclusion supported by most of the scientific ceramic analyses. Its trade route included Rhodes, Cyprus and the Levant with perhaps Egypt as a final destination. This volume provides a detailed history of the excavation followed by definitive studies of the amphora cargo and the pottery associated with shipboard life. Some of the amphora stamps suggest that the ship sank between 294 and 291 BC, dates corroborated by the cabin wares. The repetition of four drinking cups (kantharoi), oil containers (gutti), wine measures (olpai), as well as bowls and saucers, suggests that the ship was sailed by a crew of four. Seven bronze coins were recovered, five minted in the name of Alexander the Great and one well-known type of Ptolemy I produced only on Cyprus.

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Susan Womer Katzev trained as a sculptor. She worked as an artist on Roman and Early Byzantine shipwrecks at Yassi Ada, Turkey and then served as draughtsperson photographer, and director and writer for a film documenting the Kyrenia Ship excavations of Michael L. Katzev. Since Michael's death in 2001 she has been working to complete the series of publications on the Kyrenia Ship. Helena Wylde Swiny received a Postdoctorate Degree from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. As architect/diver she recorded the Kyrenia Ship from 1968 onwards. She has excavated in Italy, Iran, Afghanistan and Cyprus. She is a Research Associate at Harvard University.