Yearbook of the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar

Godinjak Meunarodnog centra za podvodnu arheologiju u Zadru

Submerged Heritage
Potopljena batina
Number 4 / Broj 4, Zadar, December 2014 / Prosinac 2014.
SUBMERGED HERITAGE POTOPLJENA BATINA / Number 4 / Broj 4, Zadar, December 2014. / Prosinac 2014.

Piruzi Rocks Shipwreck, Rovinj

Brodolom kod hridi Piruzi, Rovinj
Beki
Istraivanja R/V Herculesa 2014. g.
R/V Hercules Research in 2014
imii, Beki, Royal,
Three Shipwrecks at Cape Uljeva
Tri brodoloma na rtu Uljeva
Beki
Roman Shipwreck at the Islet of Babulja
Antiki brodolom kod otoia Babuljaa
Pei
Suleimans Bridge at Darda
Sulejmanov most u Dardi

ISSN 1848-2422
Suri
Podmorje Zadarske upanije
Waters of Zadar County
Pei
The submerged harbour of Amathus

Ktori
ICEP 2014 Underwater Field School
ICEP 2014 Podvodna terenska kola
Campbell et alii
Pile-dwelling Vrbnik 2014
2014
Paskali
ICEP 2014 Scientific Diving Course
ICEP 2014 Teaj znanstvenog ronjenja
Smith et alii
Metalni nalazi s Mljeta - Sv. Pavao
S
Metal finds from Mljet - Sv. Pavao IN THIE
Jozi ISSU
Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI)
U OVOM:
BROJU
Slikovni prikaz pretvorbom odraza
Selmo, Campbell
 Divers head
back to Linjan
port / Ronioci
se vraaju u luku
Linjan (photo: M.
imii)

IMPRESSUM
SUBMERGED HERITAGE / POTOPLJENA BATINA

Yearbook of the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar /

Godinjak Meunarodnog centra za podvodnu arheologiju u Zadru
Number / Broj: 4
Zadar, December / Prosinac 2014.
Publisher / Izdava:
International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar - UNESCO Category II Centre
Meunarodni centar za podvodnu arheologiju u Zadru - UNESCO centar II kategorije
B.Petranovia 1, HR-23000 Zadar, Hrvatska, www.icua.hr
Editor / Urednik: Luka Beki
Translation / Prijevod: Neven Fereni
Graphic Design / Grafiki dizajn: Ivan Diskordia
Print / Tisak: Stega, Zagreb
Print run / Naklada: 500
ISSN: 1848-2422
Not for sale / Nije za prodaju
Frontpage / Naslovnica: Diver with relief plate at Babulja / Ronilac s reljefnim tanju-
rom kod Babuljaa (photo: L. Beki)
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SADRAJ News / Vijesti

str. 4-9

Luka Beki Marina imii, Luka Beki, Jeffrey

Launch of Systematic Research of the
Piruzi Rocks Shipwreck, Rovinj
Poetak sustavnih istraivanja
brodoloma kod hridi Piruzi, Rovinj
str. 10-16
Royal,
R/V Hercules Research Along the
Coast of Konavle and upa Bay in
2014
Istraivanja R/V Herculesa u konavoskom
i upskom primorju 2014. g.
str.17-24

Luka Beki Mladen Pei

Three Shipwrecks at Cape Uljeva near New Research of the Roman
Linjan Shipwreck at the Islet of Babulja
Tri brodoloma na rtu Uljeva kod Nova istraivanja antikog brodoloma
Linjana kod otoia Babuljaa

str. 25-32 str. 33-37

Roko Suri Mladen Pei

Continued Research of Suleimans Continuing the Archaeological Survey
Bridge at Darda of the Waters of Zadar County
Nastavak istraivanja Sulejmanovog Nastavak rekognosciranja podmorja
mosta u Dardi Zadarske upanije

str. 38-43 str. 44-48

Maria Ktori Peter B. Campbell, Derek Smith, Christop-

her Begley, Derek Irwin, Lee Pape, Liz
The submerged harbour of Amathus Smith, Timothy Dwyer, Nicholas Bartos
and its future perspectives
Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program
2014 Underwater Field School
Podvodna terenska kola u okviru
Programa istraivanja ilirske obale
str. 49-54 2014. str. 55-58

Nikola Paskali Derek Smith, Martin Sayer, Simon Talbot,

Liz Smith, Chris Begley, Jim Hayward,
Underwater archaeological Will Love, Lee Pape, Tim Dwyer
excavations at the pile-dwelling
Vrbnik 2014 Illyrian Coastal Exploration Program
2014 Scientific Diving Course
2014 Teaj znanstvenog ronjenja u okviru
Programa istraivanja ilirske obale
str. 59-63 2014. str. 64-66

Antonija Jozi David Selmo, Peter B. Campbell

Conservation and Restoration Work
on Metal Finds from the Mljet - Sv.
Pavao Site
Konzervatorsko-restauratorski radovi
na metalnim nalazima s lokaliteta
Mljet - Sv. Pavao
str. 67-70
Reflectance Transformation Imaging
(RTI) and Photogrammetry for
Maritime Archaeology
Izrada slikovnog prikaza pretvorbom
odraza (Reflectance Transformation
Imaging RTI) i fotogrametrija za
arheologiju pomorstva str. 71-73
New Research of the Roman
Shipwreck at the Islet of Babulja
Nova istraivanja antikog
brodoloma kod otoia Babuljaa
Mladen Pei mpesic@icua.hr
The second underwater archaeological research campaign
of the Roman shipwreck off the islet of Babulja was con-
ducted in May of 2014. After an initial archaeological survey
of the terrain (Pei, Metrov 2012) and archaeological exca-
vations (Pei 2013), research of this interesting shipwreck
in the waters of Pakotane continued this year. As in previ-
ous years, the research effort was financed by the Tourism
Board of the Municipality of Pakotane, with the archaeo-
logical research conducted by the International Centre for
Underwater Archaeology in Zadar in collaboration with the
Han-Vrana Agency. Serving as campaign leader was Mladen
Pei, with deputy campaign leader Luka Beki DSc, joined
by a team of experts consisting of Anita Jeli, Marina imii,
Roko Suri and Marko Metrov. The international compo-
nent of the expert archaeological team consisted of Roman
Scholz and Antje Fischer (Germany), Nemanja avlovi (Mon-
tenegro) and Elizabeth (Lisa) Briggs (USA).
1. Final planning ahead of a dive / Posljednji dogovori prije
ronjenja (photo: M. Pei)
The research was conducted this year over a surface area
of twenty square metres, rounding out the area researched Druga arheoloka kampanja podvodnih istraivanja an-
over two years at six by six metres. The trenches are con- tikog brodoloma kod otoia Babuljaa obavljena je
centrated in one spot and the method of documentation tijekom mjeseca svibnja 2014. g. Nakon poetnih reko-
initiated last year was continued this year. All separate finds gnosciranja terena (Pei, Metrov 2012), i arheolokih
were measured from fixed points and a map was made of iskopavanja (Pei 2013) ove je godine nastavljeno istra-
the site and the distribution of the finds within a grid frame. ivanja zanimljivog brodoloma u Pakotanskom pod-
The final map is created in the Site Recorder software ap- morju. Kao i dosadanjih godina, istraivanja je financi-
plication, which allows us to have a detailed view of the rala Turistika zajednica opine Pakotane, a arheoloka
distribution of finds and offers the possibility of various istraivanja proveo je Meunarodni centar za podvodnu
views of finds based on typological characteristics. Finally, arheologiju u Zadru u suradnji sa javnom ustanovom
this method offers data on the distribution of finds within Han-Vrana. Voditelj istraivanja bio je Mladen Pei, za-
the shipwreck and allows us to determine the orientation mjenik voditelja dr.sc. Luka Beki, a s njima su kao stru-
of the ship and a number of other data on the organisation ni dio ekipe u istraivanju sudjelovali Anita Jeli, Marina
of the ships cargo and equipment. imii, Roko Suri i Marko Metrov. Meunarodni dio
strune arheoloke ekipe su inili Roman Scholz i Antje
It was already determined last year that the bulk of the Fischer (Njemaka), Nemanja avlovi (Crna Gora) i Eli-
cargo transported by the ship off Babulja consisted of zabeth (Lisa) Briggs (S.A.D.).

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 2. A part of the site as seen in the Site Recorder / Prikaz dijela
nalazita u Site Recorderu (photo: M. Pei)
North African amphorae of various types. The most nu-
merous were amphorae of the Keay XXV type that appear
on four versions also of North African provenance are
amphorae of the Keay XXVII and XXXVB type (Keay 1984).
Most of these amphorae were used for the transport of oil
and wine, but there are indications that the XXXVB type
was used for the transport of fish sauces a much-valued
foodstuff in the Roman world (Bonifay 2004, 135). Other
types of amphorae were also discovered during this years
research campaign that have not yet been typologically
identified. The most interesting is an amphora with broad
handles bearing strap-like grooves, with a neck decorated
with a series of horizontal and wavy incisions. Based on ty-
pological characteristics its origin could be in the eastern
Mediterranean area and given that it was the sole speci-
men at the shipwreck site we cannot say whether it was,
like the North African amphorae, a part of the cargo.
4. A Keay Along with the am-
27 amphora /
phorae, which the
Amfora Keay 27
(drawing: L. Beki; ship off Babulja
photo: M. Pei)
transported as its
primary cargo, the
secondary cargo includes
an entire range of coarse and
fine ware originating from var-
ious parts of North Africa. We can
divide the coarse ware into
several basic types accord-
ing to Hayes 181, 197, 182 and 196 and all
of the types can be placed by time of man-
ufacture in the late 4th and early 5th centu-
ry (Hayes 1972). For the most part these are
vessels of large dimensions that served for the
preparation of food, and we find a large num-
ber of lids that were used to cover these vessels.
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3. Each separate find is measured out in detail / Svaki posebni
nalaz detaljno je izmjeren (photo: M. imii)
Istraivanja su ove godine provedena na povrini od 20
m2, ime se tijekom dvije godine zaokruila povrina
istraenog podruja na 6x6 metara. Sonde su koncen-
trirane na jednom mjestu, a nain dokumentacije koji
je zapoet prole godine je nastavljen i ove. Svi poseb-
ni nalazi su izmjereni od fiksnih toaka, te je napravljen
plan nalazita i raspored nalaza unutar kvadratne mre-
e. Zavrni plan se izrauje u programu Site Recorder,
koji omoguuje uvid u detaljan raspored nalaza, a daje i
mogunost razliitih pregleda nalaza prema tipolokim
karakteristikama. U konanici se na ovaj nain dobiva-
ju podatci o rasporedu nalaza unutar brodoloma, moi
e se odrediti orijentacija broda, a dobit e se i niz dru-
gih podataka o organizaciji brodskog tereta i opreme.
Ve je prole godine ustanovljeno da je glavnina tere-
ta koji je brod s Babuljaa prenosio bila sastavljena od
sjevernoafrikih amfora razliitih tipova. Najbrojnije su
amfore tipa Keay XXV koje se javljaju u etiri inaice, a
osim njih sjevernoafrikoj provenijenciji pripadaju i ti-
povi Keay XXVII i XXXVB (Keay 1984). Veina ovih amfo-
ra koristila se za prijevoz ulja i vina, ali postoje naznake
da se tip XXXVB koristio i za prijevoz ribljih umaka, koji
su bili dragocjena namirnica u rimskom svijetu (Bonifay
2004, 135). Tijekom ovogodinjih istraivanja otkriveni
su i novi tipovi amfora koje su jo uvijek tipo-
loki neodreene. Najzanimljivija
je amfora sa irokim rukama
5. 4. A Keay
25 amphora / i trakastim utorima na nji-
Amfora Keay 25 ma, te vratom koji je ukra-
(drawing: L. Beki;
photo: M. Pei) en nizom horizontalnih i
valovitih ureza. Prema tipo-
lokim karakteristikama bi nje-
no porijeklo moglo biti na prostoru istonog
The greatest number of African red slip Mediterana, a budui da je to jedini primjerak s
ware or terra sigillata chiara ceram- brodoloma, ne moemo rei da li je ona, kao
ic finds are fine pottery of orange i sjevernoafrike amfore, bila dio tereta.
colour with a slip of the same col-
our. This type of ware belongs to Uz amfore, koje je brod s Babuljaa prevo-
the category of luxury ware and, at zio kao primarni teret, kao sekundarni te-
this site, the majority of this ceram- ret nalazimo itavu paletu grubog i finog
ic ware is of the Hayes 50B type that posua porijeklom iz razliitih dijelova sje-
is dated to the period of the 4th and verne Afrike.
6.
5th centuries. After a luxurious small
An amphora
bowl was found last year with a with horizontal Grubo posue moemo razdijeliti u nekoliko osnovnih ti-
and wavy decoration /
depiction of a leopard and a lion, pova po Hayes-u - 181, 197, 182, 196, a svi tipovi se prema
Amfora s horizontalnim
we were fortunate enough again i valovitim ukrasom vremenu proizvodnje mogu smjestiti u kraj 4. i poetak
(photo: M. Pei)
this year to find another specimen 5. st. (Hayes 1972). Uglavnom se radi o zdjelama veih
of a small bowl of the same type, but dimenzija koje su sluile za pripremu hrane, a nalazimo
in a better state of preservation with a very nice depic- i vei broj poklopaca koji je sluio za pokrivanje istih.
tion. On the small bowl we recognise the depiction in re-
lief of the figure of a shepherd with Phrygian cap dressed Najvei broj keramikih nalaza koje se naziva African red slip
in a tunic carrying a ram over his shoulder with another ware, ili terra sigillata chiara, predstavlja finu keramiku na-
ram standing next to him. This depiction may be charac- ranaste boje s premazom u istoj nijansi. Ovakav tip posua
terised as being of the Good Shepherd, which is in fact a
personification of Christ. The small bowl belongs to the
Hayes 53A type, which is dated to the period from 350 to
430 (Hayes 1972, 78-82).

The remains of the ships wooden structure have yet to

be found, but because of the breadth of the site there is
a possibility that it will be discovered in further research
efforts. Certainly telling in favour of the existence of the
ships structure in this area is the find of lead plating of
small dimensions and bronze and iron nails. Bronze nails
appear in two variants all are of square cross-section and

7. Excavation and find documentation / Iskopavanja i

dokumentacija nalaza (photo: M. Pei)

8. The find of a bowl with depiction in relief /

Pronalazak zdjele s reljefnim ukrasom (photo: L. Beki)

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 9. A bowl spada u kategoriju luksuznog posua, a na nalazitu veina
with depiction
in relief / Zdjela s takvog keramikog posua pripada posudama Hayes 50B
reljefnim prikazima koje se datiraju u period 4. i 5. st. Nakon to je prole go-
(photo: M. Pei)
dine naena luksuzna zdjelica s prikazom leoparda i lava, i
ove smo godine imali sreu nai jo jedan primjerak zdjeli-
some have a broad, ce istog tipa, ali bolje ouvane i s vrlo lijepim prikazom. Na
calotte-shaped zdjelici se u reljefnom ukrasu prepoznaje lik pastira s frigij-
head, while some skom kapicom obuenim u tuniku, koji preko ramena nosi
appear without heads. ovna, a uz njega stoji jo jedan ovan. Ovakav prikaz moe
se okarakterizirati kao prikaz Dobrog pastira, to je zapra-
The origin of the amphorae and vo personifikacija Krista. Zdjelica pripada tipu Hayes 53A
the coarse and sigillata ware from Babulja may be at- koji se datira u period od 350. - 430 g. (Hayes 1972, 78-82).

Ostatci drvene brodske konstrukcije jo uvijek nisu naeni,

no zbog irine nalazita postoji mogunost da e biti otkri-
veni u daljnjim istraivanjima. U prilog postojanju brodske
konstrukcije na ovom dijelu, zasigurno ide u prilog prona-
lazak olovnih oplata manjih dimenzija te bronanih i elje-
znih avala. Bronani avli se javljaju u dvije varijante, svi
su etvrtastog presjeka, neki imaju iroku kalotastu glavu,
dok se neki javljaju bez glave.

Porijeklo amfora, grubog i sigilatnog posua s Babulja-

a moe se pripisati veem broju proizvodnih radionikih
krugova s teritorija dananjeg Tunisa, koji su u vrijeme rim-
10. Excavation of a grid quadrant with dredger / Iskopavanje ske vladavine pripadali provincijama Zeugitana i Byzacena.
kvadranata s mamut sisaljkom (photo: M. imii) Oigledno je da su zahtjevi trita na koje je ciljao vlasnik

11. At times there was quite a crowd

in the water / U pojedinim trenutcima
u podmorju je vladala velika guva
(photo: M. Pei)

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tributed to a large number of workshop circles in the
territory of present-day Tunisia that, during Roman rule,
were part of the provinces of Zeugitana and Byzacena. It
is evident that the demands of the market targeted by
the owner of the cargo were diverse and that there was
a need for the products we find at the site of the ship-
wreck to be sourced from various parts of the North Af-
rican provinces.
12. The team of archaeologists from the research at Babulja
in 2014 / Arheoloka ekipa s istraivanja Babuljaa 2014: from
the left / S lijeva: Marko Metrov, Roko Suri, Nemanja avlovi,
Mladen Pei, Antje Fischer, Marina imii, Anita Jeli, Roman
Scholz, Elizabeth Briggs, Luka Beki (photo: Nadji Laguna)
tereta bili raznoliki, te je postojala potreba da se proizvodi
koji nalazimo na brodolomu dopreme iz razliitih dijelova
sjevernoafrikih provincija.

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Keay, S. J. 1984. - Late Roman Amphorae in the Western Mediterannean part I, BAR International Series 196 (i), Oxford.
Hayes, J. W. 1972. - Late Roman Pottery, London-Roma.
Pei, M., Metrov, M., 2012. - Survey of the seabed of Zadar county / Rekognosciranje podmorja Zadarske upanije, Potopljena batina
/ Submerged Heritage 2, Zadar, 44-47.
Pei, M., 2013. - Research of the Waters of the islet of Babulja near Pakotane / Istraivanja podmorja otoia Babuljaa kod Pakotana,
Potopljena batina / Submerged Heritage 3, Zadar, 25-30.

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