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Fig. 45. (a) To the left a statue of Eros and Psyche. (Picture from Brenk 1999, 71,1).
(b) To the right a statuette of Eros leaning on a torch. (Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome).
(Photo: D. Bartoli).
Not much can be said of the remaining items. A granite mortar (MOB 2) probably
belonged to the ship’s equipment. A close parallel comes from Giardini Naxos, where a
marble carrier sank carrying on board a mortar of volcanic stone that was found broken in
half under a column shaft. 196
Amphoras
Ceramic, Bronze, and Lead Items
There were at least three amphoras carried on board the Punta Scifo A shipwreck,
of which only the necks, handles, and parts of the shoulders survive, while their bodies
and toes have been lost. Now on display at the Nautical Museum of Capo Colonna, two
196 Basile 1987, 383-5, fig.9a; Basile 1988, 136, fig. 6.
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