A suggested reconstruction of one of the merchant ships on the mosaic floor in Lod (Lydda) Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12405697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Élie Haddad (0000-0002-7384-1631, Israel Antiquities Authority, corresponding author), Miriam Avissar (Israel Antiquities Authority) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-77 |
| Publication date | 2003-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1057-2414 • E-ISSN: 1095-9270 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1095-9270.2003.tb01433.x |
| OpenAlex | W2085883767 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
A rescue excavation in Lod, Israel, in 1996 on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority (directed by M. Avissar) led to the discovery of a Roman mosaic floor. In the southern panel of the main carpet there is an eye-catching maritime scene, with two merchant ships surrounded by fish, a dolphin and some shells. One of the ships was damaged by a cesspit dug in the Ottoman period. The description of what is left of the damaged ship provides clues which allow a reconstruction of the original appearance of the ship. The proposed reconstruction of the damaged ship, based on the assumption that the two merchantmen in this scene are of a similar type, postulates that the ship was in great danger and experienced a ‘marine trauma’, which the villa owner chose to commemorate in a mosaic floor
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Excavation · Fish · Fishery · Marine engineering · Mosaic · Engineering · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |