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Glass finds from the shipwreck of Cape Ratac (island of Koločep, Croatia)

In 1997 local divers pointed out the position of a well-preserved shipwreck that sank off the Ratac promontory on the island of Koločep, in front of Dubrovnik (Croatia). Although the site was well preserved and easily reachable, it was left without any particular attention until 2003, when a private collection of archaeological finds dating to the seventeenth century was officially registered as recovered from the wreck. Short term rescue excavation campaigns revealed the presence of a cargo composed of glass ware, window glass, metal tools and other metal products, while the survey organized under the UNESCO Participation programme 2008-2009 has revealed some well preserved remains of wooden elements of the ship. Six iron guns were also registered on the site. The paper discusses the glass objects comprised in the retrieved private collection together with pottery, metal objects, and a small bronze gun. The glass complex include luxury vessels showing features that are distinctive of Venetian production, as the goblets with mould-blown or tooled stems, and the cups blown in opaque white glass and with pick-up decoration of avventurina glass. Meanwhile, the presence of a distinguished group of highly coloured cups and jugs and of some more practical object, as glass projectiles, gives rise to questions about the origin and the destination of the cargo.

glass ; shipwreck ; Koločep ; underwater archaeology

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