Uluburun [Turkey] shipwreck, artifacts.
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Title |
Uluburun [Turkey] shipwreck, artifacts. |
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Cultural Context |
Aegean |
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Style/Period |
Bronze Age |
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Subject |
Sculpture
Metalwork
Goldwork
Figurines
Pendants (Jewelry)
Jewelry
Boxes
Cosmetics
Mechanical works
Women
Acrobats
Acrobatics
Entertainers
Goddesses
Myths
Legends
Supernatural beings
Fictitious characters
Nudes
Clothing & dress
Headdresses
Headgear
Animals
Birds
Ducks
Gazelles
Insects
Symbols
Shipwrecks |
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Description |
"Artifacts from the wreck include: the ivory figurine of a female acrobat with her feet on her head; a gold pendant of a nude fertility goddess holding gazelles in her hands; a partly gold-clad bronze figurine of a goddess, perhaps the ship's protective deity; an ivory cosmetics box shaped like a duck with movable wings: two Canaanite gold pendants; and the gold Nefertiti scarab." (Caption, p. 315); "Without doubt it was a royal cargo. And an exceptional one, at that. We can only guess how its loss, toward the end of the 14th century BC, affected the history of some unknown Aegean kingdom. The varied cargo included ten tons of copper and one ton of tin, the perfect ratio for making eleven tons of bronze, could have equipped an entire army with weapons had they reached port. Instead, the ship that carried this invaluable freight crashed against a rocky cape known today as Uluburun, on the southwest Turkish coast […]." (Excerpt by George F. Bass, p. 306) |
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Material |
Bronze (metal)
Gold (metal)
Metal
Ivory (tooth component) |
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Technique |
Metalworking
Casting (process)
Sculpting |
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Work Type |
Sculpture
Jewelry
Figurines
Boxes
Bronzes (objects)
Metalwork
Ivories (sculptures) |
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Repository |
Bodrum Museum [of Underwater Archaeology] (Bodrum, Turkey) |
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Source |
Valavanis, Panos. Great Moments in Greek Archaeology. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007. (p.315, figs.18-24). |
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Rights |
© 2007 Kapon Editions, Athens, Greece. Source of illustrations in Valavanis: Institute of Nautical Archaeology / D.A. Frey. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 758-32.jpg |
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