Aegean Sea Archives - Kotsanas Museum https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/places/αιγαίο-πέλαγος-en/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:09:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 The “papyrella” https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/exhibits/106058/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:09:32 +0000 http://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/exhibits/106058/ It was a primitive oared boat that consisted of many fascicles of thin cane (“papyruses”) tied together with ropes. It had the form of a ship that could sail from both sides and ensured great stability, excellent floatability and allowed the transport of merchandise. Its presence in Greece is indirectly denoted by the proven commercial […]

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]]> It was a primitive oared boat that consisted of many fascicles of thin cane (“papyruses”) tied together with ropes. It had the form of a ship that could sail from both sides and ensured great stability, excellent floatability and allowed the transport of merchandise. Its presence in Greece is indirectly denoted by the proven commercial transactions of the residents of the Aegean Sea (e.g. transportation of obsidian from the island of Milos in the cave of Franchthi in Argolida) from 9th millenium B.C. and directly from its survival in our days in Corfu. The archaeologist, Harris Tzalas, proved, by experimenting, the possibility of realising, in a 6- metre papyrella with 6 oarsmen, a multi-day voyage of 75 nautical miles from Sounio to Milos in the open sea.

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]]> The triantaconter (and the penteconter) https://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/en/exhibits/106059/ Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:09:39 +0000 http://collection.kotsanasmuseum.com/exhibits/106059/ “It was a high speed oared warship with one row of 15 (or 25) oars on each side. It was oblong for the placement of 30 (or 50) oarsmen, with a shallow keel and exceptionally more versatile and faster than the equivalent “round” commercial ships. It was widely used by the Mycenaeans and first referred […]

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]]> “It was a high speed oared warship with one row of 15 (or 25) oars on each side. It was oblong for the placement of 30 (or 50) oarsmen, with a shallow keel and exceptionally more versatile and faster than the equivalent “round” commercial ships. It was widely used by the Mycenaeans and first referred to by Homer as
the main ship in the Trojan War. The oars were tied with loops to the oarlocks of the gunwale and the oarsmen sat at a distance of 80 cm from this so that it ensured the required torque. For steering, they used the two big oars of the stern. In the prow it brought a large bronze coated ram for the ramming of rival ships. Complementarily, it had a large square sail. The length and width reached 25 (or 35) and 4.5 metres, respectively. It did not have a main deck but two side ones (in the prow and in the stern).”

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