 IAA Number: 1987-1582
 | Object's Name: Boat
Period: Early Roman (period)
Material: wood
Site: Nahal Zalmon Estuary
Lenght: 8.2 m
Wide: 2.3 m
Height: 1.25 m
Description: A wooden boat was discovered at 1986 on an exposed area of the lake
Kinneret. The boat was full of mud which preserved it. The boat
constructed primarly of Cedar planks joint together by Pegged
mortise-and-tenons joints and nails. The boat is shallow with flat
bottom. It would have served for fishing and/or to transport
passengers and supplies.
Bibliography: Wachsmann S. 1990. The Excavations of an Ancient Boat in the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret). ATIQOT 19:
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