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Sobra: Sobra

Shipwreck

Coordinates: None given.

Site: Sobra
Description: The ship had an estimated length of 25m and was one of the latest yet found to be lead sheathed.
History:

Wreckage: AD 320 - 340 (C4th AD)

References:Parker 1992, 1100
Finds:

One of the latest dated ships to be sheathed in lead.

North African pottery points to Tunisian merchants managing the shipment.

Associated artefacts

Amphorae (5)

Nr.QuantityMaterialFormMakerDatabaseDetails
11Pottery-Shipwrecks See File
21000PotteryNorth-AfricanShipwrecks 489See File
33PotteryLusitanianShipwrecks 699See File
4??PotteryAlmagro 50Shipwrecks 697See File
5??PotteryPanella 46Shipwrecks 698See File

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