TheZambratija shipwreck is aLate Bronze Age shipwreck dated to the 12th to 10th century BCE discovered in the Bay of Zambratija nearUmag on Croatia's Istrian peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]
Signs of the wreck were first spotted by a fisherman in 2008, about 150 meters from shore. The vessel is the oldestsewn boat in the Mediterranean, and wassewn together with rope made from plant fiber, and is believed to have been a mastless boat with up to nine oarsmen.[1][2]
Nautical archaeologistIda Koncani Uhač of theArchaeological Museum of Istria [de;hr;sv] dated the boat to the late 12th to late 10th century BCE, in the transition from the Late Bronze to theIron Age, and said that it is "the prototype of all 64 sewn boats discovered in the Mediterranean".[1][2] The first investigations were by marine archaeologistGiulia Boetto in 2014 from France'sCNRS, which collaborated with the Croatian team on the project.[2][3]
The preserved remains are 6.7 by 1.6 metres (22.0 ft × 5.2 ft), reconstructed to 9 m (30 ft). The keel piece is elm, varying in width from 3 to 20 centimetres (1 to 8 in) towards one end. Thestrakes, also of elm, and are sewn together, with irregular stitching diagonal to the plank edges and pegs locking the stitches in. Thin laths of fir with vegetalwadding were placed over the seams before sewing, along withpitch for waterproofing.[4]
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