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A late republican merchant ship in the Adriatic.
Close to the village of
Omis at the coast of Croatia, in the sixties, a large number of Roman amphoras
were discovered by local sponge fishermen. After most of the undamaged ones were
looted, a large pile of shards was left. The major question now is what part of
the ship still remains and what its archaeological significance is. Under
supervision of Croatian underwater archaeologist Tea Katunaric, the first stage
of an archaeological investigation was started, finding its exact location. At
first, the site was systematically surveyed, resulting in a photo mosaic and
some finds like two large lead sheets and an intact wine amphora with the
imprint of the name of the owner, AROHELA, a wine trader living in southern
Italy. Secondly an excavation pit showed a series of amphora shards cemented in
the coral bottom, still in-situ, not disturbed by looters. Despite the
significant depth of 25 meters at the site, extensive archaeological
investigation is worthwhile. Possibly some day there will be a follow-up.
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