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Cape Glavat/Mljet: Cape Glavat/Mljet B

Shipwreck

Coordinates: 42.8°N 17.38333°E (Cape Glavat/Mljet)

Site: Cape Glavat/Mljet
Description: Dating of this wreck may be adjusted to 40-80 AD on the basis of the Italian terra sigillata Drag, 24/25?
History:

Wreckage: AD 75 - 100 (end C1st AD)

References:Parker 1992, 704; M. Jurisic, Ancient Shipwrecks of the Adriatic (2000), no. 10
Finds:

Well preserved parts of the hull were found (7m long).

Southern Italian pottery, 'orlo bifido' dishes with the plates/ lids (more than 500) and 15 Pompeian red plates. Great quantities of rough glass clumps.

Italian terra sigillata Drag, 24/25 bearing the stamps PESCECLE and C.IUL.FIR (Pescenius Clemens and Caius Iulius Firmus) and some eastern ware Five oil lamps and 2 glass vessels were of western origin. A few necks of Cretan amphorae, a number of ECW pottery (mugs, jugs, dishes and lids) were of eastern origin.

Associated artefacts

Amphorae (4)

Nr.QuantityMaterialFormMakerDatabaseDetails
11Pottery-Shipwrecks See File
29PotteryDressel 21-22Shipwrecks 690See File
32PotteryRichborough 527Shipwrecks 691See File
4??PotteryunspecifiedShipwrecks 692See File

Anchors (1)

Nr.QuantityMaterialFormMakerDatabaseDetails
11--Shipwrecks See File

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