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he reconstruction of the Yenikapi 12
YK12 ilk seyrin shipwreck, which was unearthed at
ardından iskelede. Tthe Theodosian Harbor within the
(Fotoğraf: Işıl framework of the Yenikapi Salvage Exca-
Özsait-Kocabaş) vations led by Istanbul Archaeological Mu-
YK12 at the pier seums, has been recently completed within
following the first sail. the scope of the “LIMEN; Cultural Ports
(photo: Işıl Özsait- from the Aegean to the Black Sea” project.
Kocabaş) The introduction of the ship, which was
being tested for navigation for some time,
took place on October 5, 2017 at the Tuzla
RMK Marine Shipyard.
During the work which has been carried
out continously since 2007 by a team under
the direction of Asst. prof. Işıl Özsait-Ko-
cabaş of İstanbul University, initially full
size drawings of the available wooden el-
ements of the ship were completed in or-
der to establish the construction technique.
Following this phase, the team focused
working on reconstruction of the ship af-
ter completion of the restitution drawings.
At this phase, counseling for engineering
calculations and line plan was provided by
Prof. Dr. Abdi Kükner, Faculty of Naval
Architecture and Ocean Engineering of Is-
tanbul Technical University while identifi-
cation of wood species was made by Prof.
Ünal Akkemik, Faculty of Forestry of İs-
tanbul University.
The drawing of the hull lines was com-
pleted by a detailed reconstruction after
completion of the evaluation of archaeo-
logical remains while riggings were com-
pleted after evaluation of available data
and according to the iconographic descrip-
tions. The reconstructed ship presents us
the nearest example of a small trade ship
that used to navigate during the 9 century
th
AD. It is also important since it is a tan-
gible example of the original forms of the
archaeological shipwrecks discovered at
Yenikapı.
After its inaugural exhibition at the Ar-
chaeological Museums of Istanbul, the re-
construction will be exhibited during the
15 International Symposium on Boat and
th
Ship Archaeology in Marseille in 2018.
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