The Hellenistic Shipwreck of Phanagoria (Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia): A Small Military Vessel

Giulia Boetto (1) , Pierre Poveda (1) , Sergey Olkhovskiy (2)

1 CCJ - Centre Camille Jullian - Histoire et archéologie de la Méditerranée et de l'Afrique du Nord de la protohistoire à la fin de l'Antiquité
2 Institute of Archaeology

The shipwreck was discovered in 2012 close to the shoreline of the ancient settlement of Phanagoria, Taman Peninsula, Russia. In 2014, a bronze casing decorated with a crescent and star, a symbol associated with the Kingdom of Pontus and the reign of Mithridates VI Eupator, was discovered 1.5 m to the west of the keel’s extremity. In 2019, the site was re-opened to complete the study of the ship’s structure. This article discusses its architecture and provides a first interpretation of the ship.

Mots clés: Bronze casing; military ship; mortise-and-tenon; shell first; Pontic Kingdom

Domaines: Archéologie et Préhistoire

Giulia Boetto, Pierre Poveda, Sergey Olkhovskiy. The Hellenistic Shipwreck of Phanagoria (Taman Peninsula, Black Sea, Russia): A Small Military Vessel. International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2022, 51 (1), pp.21-45. ⟨10.1080/10572414.2022.2049165⟩. ⟨halshs-03681203⟩