Knidos T

Turkey/Aegean

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36.78944444 , 27.45333333

Early Byzantine

This shipwreck was found at a depth of ca. 455 meters below sea level on a slightly sloping north-south seabed. The wreck is composed of two distinct piles, both oriented east-west and rising to to a maximum of 0.5 meters above the seabed. The east pile occupies a space of ca. 4.5 x 2 meters and the west ca. 4.5 x 3 meters (galley wares). Two Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) together with ballast stones compose the E pile; 10 Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1) are attested in the W pile. Given the absence of a real (amphora) cargo and the position of the ballast, the ship was likely hauling a large organic cargo, perhaps grain. Dated to the second or third quarter of the 6th c.