The Tantura B Shipwreck

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B071-close.jpg (223330 bytes) Aerial view of the Tantura B shipwreck during its excavation in the fall of 1996.(slide# B071) Photo: A. Beltinshtar.
Members of the 1995 expedition record loose timbers and other organic remains in Trench VII. (slide# L067) Photo: S. Wachsmann. L067.JPG (149965 bytes)
M615.JPG (76105 bytes) Site plan of Trench VIII.  The Tantura B shipwreck, with part of a Roman-period shipwreck beneath it. (slide# M615) Drawing: P. Sibella
Planking plan of the Tantura B shipwreck. (slide# M616) Drawing: P. Sibella M616.JPG (55956 bytes)
M084.JPG (147264 bytes) Using a baseline, team members measure in Tantura B's planking. (slide# M084) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
View of the Tantura B hull, facing northwest. (slide# M273) Photo: S. Wachsmann. M273.JPG (153634 bytes)
M284.JPG (149978 bytes) View of the Tantura B hull, facing southeast. (slide# M284) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
View of the southeastern extremity of Tantura B. (slide# M363) Photo: S. Wachsmann. M363.JPG (139922 bytes)
M364.JPG (146688 bytes) View of the northwestern part of Tantura B. (slide# M364) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Detail of the mast step cut directly into Tantura B's keelson. (slide# M028) Photo: S. Wachsmann. M028.JPG (194976 bytes)
M312.JPG (193917 bytes) Part of one of the two hook-scarfs surviving in Tantura B's keel. (slide# M312) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Detail of the hook-scarf in Tantura B's keelson. (slide# M355) M355.JPG (142167 bytes)
M351.JPG (203145 bytes) There is widespread evidence for caulking in the Tantura B hull. (slide# M351)
One crenulate timber bore a two-letter graffito "HX" when viewed from the keel-line. (slide# M231) Photo: S. Wachsmann. M231.jpg (163081 bytes)
M044.JPG (193384 bytes) One of two grooved timbers of undetermined purpose, found next to the Tantura B hull. (slide# M044) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Preservation was truly remarkable in Tantura Lagoon. Even numerous remains of basketry, some of it amazingly delicate, had survived. (slide# M135) Photo: S. Wachsmann. M135.JPG (214918 bytes)
M179.JPG (186184 bytes) Basketry. (slide# M179) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Numerous examples of cordage of various sizes overlay the hull of Tantura B. (slide# M151) Photo: S. Breitstein. M151.JPG (189440 bytes)
M202.JPG (166939 bytes) Jar found lying against Tantura B's keelson. Note the wooden pierced spatulate object at the lower right of the photo. (slide# M202) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Pierced wooden spatulate objects from Tanutra B. (slide# M486) Photo: C. Tibi M486.JPG (142032 bytes)
M243.JPG (194978 bytes) Arabic oil lamp and bivalves found nestled next to Tantura B's keel. (slide# M243) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
An Arabic oil lamp from Tantura B. (slide# M380) Photo: C. Tibi M380.JPG (109235 bytes)
M530.JPG (196666 bytes) Two of the stone anchors from Trench VIII. (slide# M530) Photo: S. Wachsmann.
Oil lamps recovered from trench VIII. (slide# M385) Photo: C. Tibi M385.JPG (124700 bytes)
M453.JPG (124026 bytes) Roundel from Tantura B with Kufic(early Arabic) inscription: "God has the purest judgement." (slide# M453)
Example of an uninscribed roundel. (slide# M470) Photo: C. Tibi M470.JPG (161603 bytes)
M462.JPG (144702 bytes) Uninscribed roundel. (slide# M462) Photo: C. Tibi
Uninscribed roundel. (slide# M638) Photo: D. Carlson M638.JPG (55955 bytes)
M639.JPG (45543 bytes) Uninscribed roundel, side view. Note the groove. (slide# M639) Photo: D. Carlson.
Ivory or bone inlay from Tanutra B. (slide# M628) Photo: D. Carlson M628.JPG (66170 bytes)
M438.JPG (119505 bytes) Wooden decorative ornament found on Tantura B. (slide# M438) Photo: C. Tibi
Hand-carved toggle. (slide# M404) Photo: C. Tibi M404.JPG (147045 bytes)
M409.JPG (165873 bytes) Lathe-turned toggle. (slide# M409) Photo: C. Tibi