Serçe Liman1 11th Century Byzantine Shipwreck Excavation

Ceramics

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GW-1911.jpg (71751 bytes) The Serçe Liman1 ship was carrying almost four dozen Fatimid glazed bowls. This bowl is an example of both splash ware and sgraffito ware, in which decorative designs are carved  into the clay. (slide# GW-1911) Photo: INA.
Close-up view of the glaze design. (slide# GW-1917) Photo: INA. GW-1917.jpg (142263 bytes)
GW-1934.jpg (75433 bytes) An example of Fatimid sgraffito ware from the shipwreck. (slide# GW-1934) Photo: INA.
Close-up of the sgraffito design. (slide# GW-1938) Photo: INA. GW-1938.jpg (133107 bytes)
GW-1946.jpg (86124 bytes) Another example of sgraffito ware with a inscription in Kufic writing representing the Arabic word for "happiness". (slide# GW-1946) Photo: INA.
One of the glazed bowls with both splash and sgraffito design. (slide# GW-1972) Photo: INA. GW-1972.jpg (88872 bytes)
GW-1981.jpg (142119 bytes) Close-up of the glaze decoration. (slide# GW-1981) Photo: INA.
A splash ware bowl with a flower design. (slide# GW-1983) Photo: INA. GW-1983.jpg (105852 bytes)
GW-1990.jpg (87881 bytes) Another splash ware bowl with a flower design. (slide# GW-1990) Photo: INA.
Close-up of the flower design splash glaze. (slide# GW-1995) Photo: INA. GW-1995.jpg (129906 bytes)
GW-2002.jpg (77425 bytes) A splash ware bowl with a cruciform glaze design. (slide# GW-2002) Photo: INA.
Close-up of the design. (slide# GW-2003) Photo: INA. GW-2003.jpg (158283 bytes)
GW-2009.jpg (70575 bytes) A splash ware bowl. (slide# GW-2009) Photo: INA.
Netia Piercy drawing the decorative patterns from one of the Islamic bowls. (slide# GW-2756) Photo: INA. GW-2756.jpg (103260 bytes)
GW-2041.jpg (112607 bytes) Collection of some of the Fatimid glazed bowls. (slide# GW-2041) Photo: INA.
Baking dish with glaze. (slide# GW-2026) Photo: INA. GW-2026.jpg (90880 bytes)
GW-2099.jpg (61656 bytes) White ware gargoulette. A half-dozen of these thin-walled, one-handled jugs were found in the stern. (slide# GW-2099) Photo: INA.
The gargoulettes had filters with delicate fretwork and pseudo-Kufic designs that served to keep insects out of the liquid. (slide# GW-2097) Photo: INA. GW-2097.jpg (87735 bytes)
GW-2107.jpg (93108 bytes) The only oil lamp found on the shipwreck. This lamp is Islamic in origin and originally had a dark green glaze. (slide# GW-2107) Photo: INA.
Red ware Syrian cooking pot. Several dozen were shipped as cargo. (slide# GW-2116) Photo: INA. GW-2116.jpg (80410 bytes)
GW-2119.jpg (111655 bytes) An example of the ship's Byzantine cooking ware. (slide# GW-2119) Photo: INA.
Red ware gargoulette from Syria. (slide# GW-2120) Photo: INA. GW-2120.jpg (83622 bytes)
GW-2122.jpg (123535 bytes) Two-handled Islamic jug. (slide# GW-2122) Photo: INA.
A ceramic pitcher that was part of the ship's store. (slide# GW-2125) Photo: INA. GW-2125.jpg (86495 bytes)
GW-2132.jpg (96975 bytes) Another ceramic pitcher also possibly from the ship's store. (slide# GW-2132) Photo: INA.
Some of the ship's storage pots. (slide# GW-2136) Photo: INA. GW-2136.jpg (104444 bytes)
GW-2150.jpg (91156 bytes) A collection of ceramic cooking and table wares from the shipwreck. (slide# GW-2150) Photo: INA.