A Roman Marble Cargo from a Shipwreck at Porto Cervo, Sassari, Sardinia, Italy
Results of laboratory analyses of samples of marble blocks found in a shipwrecked cargo at Porto Cervo demonstrate that they were almost certainly from the Apuan Alps, which implies that the ship came from the Roman city of Luna. Ceramic finds provide a date from the end of the 2nd–beginning of the...
| Published in: | The international journal of nautical archaeology |
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| Authors: | ; ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2021
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| In: |
The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Further subjects: | B
Carrara
B Archaeometric analysis B photogrammetry B Luna B marble cargo B Shipwreck |
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| Summary: | Results of laboratory analyses of samples of marble blocks found in a shipwrecked cargo at Porto Cervo demonstrate that they were almost certainly from the Apuan Alps, which implies that the ship came from the Roman city of Luna. Ceramic finds provide a date from the end of the 2nd–beginning of the 3rd century AD. There are doubts regarding the destination of the vessel, which could have been Africa or Sicily, although a much more hazardous passage through the Strait of Bonifacio cannot be excluded. Dimensions of the blocks suggest that they were destined to be used in the construction of a public building, while the high tonnage of the cargo indicates a ship about 33 m in length. |
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| ISSN: | 1095-9270 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2021.1943402 |