Acknowledgements
We want to thank Dr M. De Min and L. Fozzati (Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici del Veneto, NAUSICAA), for permission to study this find, and Admiral Lorenzo Sferra, Keeper of the Museo Navale di Venezia, for his kindness in allowing us to analyse it.
Notes
1 Information from the archives of the Museo Navale, Venice.
2 The only maritime evidence known is the wreck of a cargo of amphoras from Megale Hellas lying off the lagoon of Grado (CitationTortorici, 2000), which has been dated in the middle of late 3rd century BC, that is probably when the Romans were already controlling southern Italy.
3 The archaeological observations have been written by C. Beltrame while the archaeometric analysis was conducted by L. Lazzarini.