ULUBURUN SHIPWRECK

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East shore of Uluburun, south-east of Ka

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Wreck lay only 60 to 70m off Uluburuns eastface 22.413 dives between 42 and 61m totalling 6.613 hours on the seabed
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Discovery

Discovered at 1982 summer by sponge diver Mehmet akr Inspection team of of the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology and INA archaeologists to locate the wreck site
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Apparent Route

The ship set sail from either a Cypriot or Syro-Palestinian port Perhaps the ships destination was Rhodes 1/6/13

The vessel

Between 15 and 16 metres

Wooden model of the ship

With planks(tahta) and keel of Lebanese cedar(sedir aac) and oak tenons(mee aac) The ship carried 24 stone anchors(apa)
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Cargo

Mostly of raw materials that were trade items The cargo matches many of the royal gifts listed in the Amarna letters found at El1/6/13

The copper and tin ingots(kle)

Total 10 tons, consisted of 354 ingots of oxhide type 317 are of the typical oxhide shape At least 31 unique twohandled ingots Oxhide ingots are frequently associated with Syrian merchants and tribute-bearers in 1/6/13 Egyptian tomb paintings

The shape itself probably evolved merely to facilitate loading of the ingots onto specially designed saddles or harnesses for ease of transport over long distances by pack animals

copper ingot
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Incised marks thus far observed on the oxhide and bun ingots

Most of the Uluburun copper ignots were marked on their upper, rougher surfaces Comprising 32 different shapes The marks vary in shape from a simple cross to more complicated forms Many marks that are associated with the sea and ships
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Canaanite(Kenani ) Jars
Canaanite jar of medium size

At least 149 Canaanite jars were on the Uluburun ship

One jar filled with glass beads, many filled with olives, but the majority contained a substance known as Pistacia resin(reine), an ancient type of 1/6/13 turpentine(terebentin)

Glass Ingots

Discoid glass ingot of cobalt blue colour

Approximately 175 glass ingots of cobalt blue, turquoise, and lavender were found on the site Glass ingots known, and are quite likely the mekku and ehlipakku listed on Ugaritic and Amarna tablets as trade items from the Syro-Palestinian 1/6/13 coast

Miscellaneous cargo

Logs of blackwood (Dalbergia melanoxylon) Ivory Hippopotamus teeth Tortoise carapace(kaplumbaa kabuu) Ostrich eggshells Cypriot oil lamps
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Jewelry, gold, and silver

37 gold pieces found are pectorals, medallions, pendants, beads, a small ring ingot, and an assortment of cut and deformed fragments
1 gold disk-shaped pendant 2. gold falcon pendant 3. gold goddess pendant 4. faience beads 5. rock crystal beads 6. agate beads 7. faience beads 8. ostrich eggshell beads 9. silver bracelets 10. gold scrap 11. gold chalice 12. accreted mass of tiny faience beads 13. silver scrap

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Perhaps represents the ships protective diety: 163 mm

A bronze female figurine, with its head, neck, hands, and feet covered in sheet gold, is one of the most important finds from the excavation
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Weapons and tools

Arrowheads Spearheads Maces Daggers Lugged shaft-hole axe A single armor scale of Near Eastern Type Four swords 1/6/13

Pan-balance weights

A pan-balance weigh in the form of a sphinx

19 zoomorphic weights 120 geometric-shaped weights

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