CORFU STRAITS - Shipwrecks - 2012
Informations Générales
Numéro de la notice
2605
Année de l'opération
2012
Chronologie
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Nature de l'opération
Institution(s)
Localisation
Notices et opérations liées
2012
Description
Corfu Straits. D. Kourkoumelis (EMA) reports the discovery of three shipwrecks (named Poseidon 1,2 and 3) in the straits between Kerkyra and Paxi in the course of survey by the EMA and the Hellenic Centre for Maritime Research for the construction of the POSEIDON gas pipeline between Greece and Italy.
Poseidon 1 was found at a depth of 1,18om: it carried African amphorae of different types, a 0.3m high marble statue, and the photographic record also shows further amphorae, cooking vessels, and the fabric of the ship. Poseidon 2 was found at a depth of 1,375m: it contained African amphorae, plates, cooking vessels, and various metal items, with sections of the ship also preserved. Both wrecks date to the third century AD.
Poseidon 3 is a 17th- to 18th century wreck found at a depth of 1,260m: the fabric of the ship, its anchors, and cooking, storage, and other vessels. The vessel had Chinese-style decoration.
Auteur de la notice
Catherine MORGAN
Références bibliographiques
Eleftheros Typos, Ethnos. Expres, Kathimerini, Rizospastis 30/05/2012.
Légende graphique :
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Date de création
2012-07-22 00:00:00
Dernière modification
2023-10-10 14:24:17
Figure(s)
Fig. 1/ Kerkyra. Various pots and amphorae from the wreck Poseidon 1 (2nd century AD) at a depth of 1180 m.
Fig. 2/ Kerkyra. African amphorae from the wreck Poseidon 2 (2nd century AD) at a depth of 1375 m.
Fig. 3/ Kerkyra. Amphorae and glazed plates from the wreck Poseidon 3 (17th-18th century AD) at a depth of 1260 m.