Uluburun Shipwreck

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:treaty
gptkb:Mediterranean_civilizations
gptkbp:built plank-built, mortise-and-tenon joints
gptkbp:cargo gptkb:ceramics
ivory
tools
weapons
scarabs
gold jewelry
ebony
copper ingots
amber beads
tin ingots
Mycenaean pottery
Canaanite jars
glass ingots
ostrich eggshells
gptkbp:cargoOrigin gptkb:Cyprus
gptkb:Egypt
gptkb:Levant
gptkb:Mycenaean_Greece
gptkbp:cargoWeight over 20 tons
gptkbp:copperIngotsWeight about 10 tons
gptkbp:copperToTinRatio 10:1 (for making bronze)
gptkbp:currentLocation gptkb:Bodrum_Museum_of_Underwater_Archaeology
gptkbp:date late 14th century BCE
gptkbp:discoveredBy Mehmet Çakir
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1982
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Institute_of_Nautical_Archaeology
1984-1994
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Uluburun Shipwreck
gptkbp:importantFor one of the oldest and richest shipwrecks ever discovered
gptkbp:lengthOfShip about 15 meters
gptkbp:location off the coast of Uluburun, near Kaş, Turkey
gptkbp:maximumDepth 44-61 meters
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:African_blackwood
Baltic amber
Canaanite gold jewelry
gold scarab of Nefertiti
hippopotamus tooth
gptkbp:period Late Bronze Age
gptkbp:significance earliest known shipwreck with a mixed cargo from multiple cultures
provides evidence of Late Bronze Age trade
gptkbp:studiedBy George F. Bass
Cemal Pulak
gptkbp:tinIngotsWeight about 1 ton
gptkbp:woodUse cedar
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Castle_of_St._Peter
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7