16th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology

64 16 th International Symposium on Boat & Ship Archaeology Igor Miholjek 1 , Pavle Dugonjić 1 , Giulia Boetto 2 , Anton Divić 2 , Vincent Dumas 2 , Pierre Poveda 2 & Ivan Vidulić 3 1 Croatian Conservation Institute, Department for Underwater Archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia 2 Aix Marseille University, CNRS, Centre Camille Jullian, Aix-en-Provence, France 3 International Centre for Underwater Archaeology, Zadar, Croatia The Late Hellenistic shipwreck from the Bay of Paržine, island of Ilovik (Kvarner, Croatia) The Ilovik-Paržine shipwreck was discovered in 2016 in the Bay of Paržine, island of Ilovik, and inspected in 2017 by the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute. The first inspection confirmed a very in- teresting site, as well as an exceptionally conserved ship’s structure, despite the remains were laying in shallow water, covered only by a thin layer of sand, and ex- posed to the anchors of the numerous pleasure boats mooring in the bay. In 2018, the Croatian Conservation Institute and the Centre Camille Jullian (Aix Marseille University, CNRS), in collaboration with the Special Police of the Ministry of the In- terior from Kovčanje, and the Lošinj Museum, decided to mutually investigate the shipwreck in the frame of a multi-year and interdisciplinary research programme. After three excavation campaigns, the team identified the stern, part of the hull bottom covered by stone ballast, and a part of the ship’s bow lying detached from the main deposit. The research revealed a very unique ship structure show- ing a wineglass cross section typical of Hellenistic ships, and a straight or concave stem creating an asymmetrical longitudinal profile. The Ilovik-Paržine shipwreck was also particularly interesting due to its mixed cargo including tree trunks, and late Greco-Italic or early Lamboglia 2 amphorae dating to the last journey of the ship, that is to the end of the 2 nd century BCE. Other ship equipment’s findings, such as a small bronze female figurine representing the tutelary divinity of the ship, are also of particular interest. This paper presents the project, the research methods and the main results obtained.