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Saint-Raphaël: Anchors from Roman ships
Anchor bases from Roman shipwrecks (Musée Archéol. de St. Raphaël; photo: Athena Review).
The
main focus of displays at the Musée Archéologique de St. Raphaël are
Gallo-Roman materials recovered from shipwrecks through underwater
archaeology. In addition to a comprehensive exhibit of amphorae,
including a group from the 1st century BC Dramont A shipwreck, various
types of ships' hardware are shown. This includes four rare bronze
pumps recovered from the Dramont D (1st century AD) wreck. These pumps
were used to empty the large storage vessels known as dolia, which had
previously been filled with contents of amphorae landed from a ship.
Also
exhibited are iron anchor bases of various sizes from Roman-era
shipwrecks. These heavy metal forms (shown here), looking in many
ways like large pickaxe blades, had long wooden shafts where ropes to
the ship were attached, resembling some types of present-day sea
anchors.
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