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...

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Autores principales: Beltrame, Carlo 1969- (Autor) ; Antonelli, Fabrizio (Autor) ; Carrera, Francesco (Autor) ; Pipere, Maria Francesca (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
En: The international journal of nautical archaeology
Año: 2021, Volumen: 50, Número: 1, Páginas: 55-62
Otras palabras clave:B Carrara
B Archaeometric analysis
B photogrammetry
B Luna
B marble cargo
B Shipwreck
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Sumario: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.
ISSN:1095-9270
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: The international journal of nautical archaeology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2021.1943402