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Anchor

Anchor
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0221

Inv.Inventory
 (Greco-Roman Museum) 28811

Anchor

Category:
transport equipment, boats, anchors
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria
Material(s):
Rock, limestone
Length:
83 cm;
Width:
30.5 cm;
Thickness:
18 cm;
Weight:
107 kg
This artifact was transferred to Sharm el-Sheikh Museum on 30 August 2020.



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Alessandra Nibbbi, “Five Anchors from Alexandria”, The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 20, no. 3 (1991): 185-194, no. 1.
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