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-oldest known
-reveals Bronze Age splendors
-the ship was on the way from Syro-Canaanite coast to Agean Crete |
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Grand Cape
-on coast of Turkey |
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-the shape is unique to the Late Bronze Age
-named this bc shape resembled the hide of an ox
-the ingots facilitated loading or stacking
-4 distinct rows overlapping like shingles |
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| circular, shaped like a hamburger bun |
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-cushion so not to damage the hull
-supports loads and to immobilize cargo
-beds of thorny burnet |
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-transport material
-largest holds 27 Liters
-were eggshaped with two handles (MBII), but now are more elongated |
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| Pistacia (Terebinth) resin |
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-yellowish substance
-from Palestine Jordan
-used for incense, mumification, and embalming |
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-cones shaped
-cobalt, blue, turquoise, and lavender |
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| Blackwood (Egyptian Ebony) |
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| -from modern day Samalia (tropical Africa) |
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-large storage jars
-Alibaba jars
some contained oil lamps and bowls on the ship |
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| Faience drinking cups rhyton (pl. rhyta) |
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-shaped as rams' heads, but one was the head of a woman
-ramhead look = rhyta |
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-gold scarab inscribed with her name
-She is the Pharoah's wife, the most beautiful woman in history |
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one of the largest and most complete sets
-Syro-Canaanite origins |
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| domed and sphendonoid weights |
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-Syro-Canaanite origins
-domed were used weighing heavy, bulk, or coarse goods
-shendonoids were for precious metals and spices |
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| skeleton-based construction |
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| how they built boats then |
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| mortise-and-tenon joinery |
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| fastening planks together and to the keel |
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