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Fig. 5: Leonard 1973, ill. 2, 11-12. Fig. 6: Ashkenazi et al. 2012, 87, Fig. 2.

SHIP tYPe brAZIerS chaeology and found on various sites in the vicinity
of Bodrum, 20 recovered from underwater surveys on
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Ship-type braziers usually have a low body struc- the Israeli coast (Fig. 6), and one from the Yenikapi
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ture, consisting of a fire bowl, an attachment, a tray, excavations in Istanbul (Fig.9). Additionally, there
and a base in some examples. Some examples are is one more that was found on the shores of Antalya
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plain and undecorated , while others are more elabo- and is currently at the Antalya Museum, and anoth-
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rate and decorated . Only about thirty examples of the er one that we found during the Knidos underwater
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ship-type brazier are known to have been recovered. survey, which is a ship-type brazier and is currently
Examples of this type of brazier, which are rarely at the Marmaris Archaeology Museum (Fig.2). The
seen, include one (Fig. 3) from the land excavations production sites, evolution of forms, and production
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of the Athens agora, eight (Fig. 1,4,5,7,8) which are dates of ship-type braziers, some made of terracotta
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preserved in the Bodrum Museum of Underwater Ar- and others of lead, have not yet been elucidated.

6 LEONARD 1973, 19.
7 ASHKENAZI et al. 2012, 85.
8 ROBINSON 1959, 34, pl. 38-G 123; SPARKES 1962, pl. VI. 6.
9 Two of these braziers were made of lead, and six were made of terracotta. One of the lead braziers was mostly ruined and the other
one is almost intact. Both have astragal attachments. On the other hand, two of the terracotta braziers have been badly damaged, and
the other four have been preserved to a great extent. Four of those were dated to the Hellenistic Period, while two were dated to the
Byzantine Period: LEONARD 1973, 19, ill. 1: 6-16; GALILI – ROSEN 2012, 416; ASHKENAZI et al. 2012, 85.
10 Twenty ship-type braziers were raised during underwater excavations on the Israeli coasts. All were made of lead. Six of these were
found along the Carmel shore to the south of Haifa, two in the North Ahlit cove, two in Gaza strip, one at Ashqelon shore, one in
Yavneh-Yam shore, and one in Akko shore. All were dated to the Roman Period: GALILI – SHARVIT 1999, 168; ASHKENAZI et
al. 2012, 85; GALILI – ROSEN 2012, 420.
11 KOCABAŞ 2012, Fig. 29.
12 ASLAN 2015, 101.
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