After a successful survey in the summer of 2024, Texas A&M University’s Piotr and Katie Bojakowski and the University of Zadar’s Irena Radić Rossi renewed their investigation and excavation of a 17th century shipwreck in Croatia. The ship, which sank off Koločep island, was carrying a cargo primarily of Venetian glass, particularly square windowpanes and fine stemware. Other notable finds include several lead textile merchant seals, glass decorative elements, and ceramic wares. The find of the season were two bronze Ottoman bronze weights, each with a decorative face with the name of a sultan. Once these decorative faces are cleaned, the name of the sultan could provide a reasonable date for the time of the ship’s sinking. The extensiveness of ship timbers are promising, and the ship seems to have been over 20 meters in length. The team has uncovered part of what is believed to be the keelson as well as the master-frame, a series of futtocks and rows of planking amidship near concreted guns, and parts of the keel, sternpost, and rudder. The team wrapped up this summer’s season after recording and then covering the visible timbers. (fb)

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