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Yassi Island 7th Century Byzantine ShipWreck and Mirna-M Shipwreck:
Yassi Island is one of the 14 islands near the Bodrum peninsula. A shallow
rock formation is almost reachs to the sea surface just in front of the island.
A lot of ships have fallen in to this trap in the history and have been buried
under the blue sea. The last ship that has fallen in to this trap was a
Lubnan Cargo Ship called Mirna-M.
The 7th century Byzantine Wreck in the area has been researched by George Bass
and his team and its archeological study has been completed. The new technologies
have been tried on the wreck that was lying in 39 meters and all of the artifacts
that has been salvaged like the weight counter that belonged to the captain of the
Ship Georgios, has been cleaned right after getting them out of sea and their
conversations have been completed. The wood of the ship has been measured
very carefully and a lot of amphoras that were used to carry wine, have been
moved to the Bodrum Underwater Museum for exhibition.
Bu bölgedeki 7.yy Bizans Batýðý George Bass ve ekibi tarafýndan incelenmiþtir
ve arkeolojik kazýsý tamamlanmýþtýr. 39 metre derinlikte olan kazýda yeni
teknolojiler denenmiþ ve Geminin kaptaný Georgios'a ait olan kantar gibi tüm
eserler denizden çýkar çýkmaz temizlenerek ve konservasyonu yapýlmýþýtýr.
Geminin ahþabý da hassasiyetle ölçülmüþ, þarap taþýmakta kullanýlan yüzlerce
amfora çýkarýlarak sergilenmek üzere Bodrum Müzesi'ne taþýnmýþtýr. 1964'te
kazý tamamlanmýþtýr.
Kazý esnasýnda elde edilen bilgilerden ve daha sonra yapýlan araþtýrma
sonuçlarýndan faydalanýlarak Bodrum Sualtý Arkeolojisi Müzesi'nde Yassýada
Bizans Batýðý'nýn bir maketi yapýldý. Gemi bin kadar küresel ve kum saati
þeklinde þarap amforasý taþýmaktaydý. Geminin kýç tarafýnda ambardan tahta
bir bölmeyle ayrýlmýþ olan mutfak kýsmý bulunmaktaydý.
Yassý ada derinliklerinde, üç deðiþik devre ait antik gemi kalýntýlarý
üzerinde kazý yapýlmýþtýr. 1993 yýlýnda, Mirna M isimli hayvan taþýyan
bir gemi fýrtýna nedeniyle, yassý ada kayalýklarýna bindirmiþ ve 2000 yýl
evvel batan antik çað gemileri gibi adanýn maviliklerine gömülmüþtür.
Buraya dalýþ yapan dalgýç, koskocaman gizemli bir batýk etrafýnda tarihi
binlerce yýl geriye giden yað ve þarap testileri arasýnda yuva kurmuþ,renkli
bir yaþamý görüp fotoðraflama imkanýndan sebebi neyse uzak tutulmaktadýr.
GERÝ
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