PETOUSI - 2007

Petousi island. G. Koutsouflakis (Director, S Euboea Research Team) reports a Rom shipwreck at this islet outside Styra. The cargo contained many 2nd−3rd Ct AD African amphorae for olive oil, of a type probably manufactured in Libya or Tunisia and generally found in the W Mediterranean (this is the first cargo in Gr waters). The ship’s final destination is unknown. The importance of the Euboian Gulf as a commercial channel between the N and S Aegean is emphasized. The report also illustrates a Byz amphora recovered from a shipwreck at Cape Vigla.