La ‘Barca del Kinneret’: la scoperta e lo scavo
Source: IInd International Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, Delphi, August 27-29, 1987). Ed. H. Tzalas. Hellenic Institute for the Preservation of Nautical tradition, Athens 1990, 371-384.
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| Fig.3 View of the site during the probe excavation. The boat had been eroded to the height of the mud. Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo: S.Wachsmann. | Fig.4 View of one of the section cut on the southern side of the boat during the probe excavation. White plastic wire indicates the junction between planks; plastic dots indicate mortise-and-tenon peg heads. Courtesy Israel Antiquites Authority. Photo: S.Watchsmann. |
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| Fig.5 The cooking pot. | Fig.6 The oil lamp. |
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| Fig.7 The first night of excavation on the boat (Sunday, 16 February 1986). Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.8 The boat as it appeared on the second morning of excavation (7 February 1986). Courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.9 Until the arrival of conservationist Orna Cohen, on the second day of excavation, care was taken to leave a protective layer of mud covering the hull while earth was removed from inside it. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.10 Frames begin to appear in the stern from under the mud cover removed by a volunteer from Kibbutz Ginosar. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.11 Each wooden part was numbered and white plastic tubing was placed between the planks to facilitate recording the hull. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.12 Wooden planks provided a useful, albeit uncomfortable, perch for workers. The planks allowed workers to excavate inside the boat wihtout standing on the fragile, waterlogged timbers. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.13 The boat in an advanced stage of excavation. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.14 Internal fiber glass/polyester resin frames are laid between the wooden frames to strengthen the hull for removal. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.15 At the conclusion of the packaging process the boat had been entirely encased in a polyurethane cocoon. Wooden boards gave the construction additional structural support. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.16 Water was pumped into the excavation pit, floating the boat. When the water in the pool was at lake level a steam shovel excavated a channel between the pit and the lake. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.17 The boat was floated out into the lake, sailing the Sea of Galilee for the first time in two millennia. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.18 The boat was brought,opposite the Allon Museum and lifted on to land by a huge crane. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
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| Fig.19 Within a record ten days a reinforced concrete conservation pool was built by the museum. The boat was then gently placed inside the pool. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). | Fig.20 The boat in its consewation pool, prior to the introduction of PEG. Courtesy Israel Authority. Photo: D.Syon (Friedman). |
