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ecovery efforts at the beginning of the 20 th century, the artifacts in the poorest state of
preservation were given little or no attention.
Fig. 30. The marble items from the Punta Scifo A wreck site, reused in the monument to
Ulysses in Caputi Square in Croton. (Photo: D. Bartoli).
Indeed, in 1911 Orsi mentioned “some other small, broken, extraordinarily corroded
column shafts” 113 of which the exact number is unknown. In 1915 the discoverers
described “11 pieces encrusted or corroded, and therefore of undefined shape.” 114 The
artifacts recovered by Aquarius in 1983 are better documented. Along with the marble
items mentioned on p. 78, were discovered a few little tablets made of marble and slate
(MOB 1), three amphora necks (MOB 3-5), some coarse ware plates, lids, and trefoil
pitchers (MOB 6), two bronze ladles (MOB 7), a bronze sliding stand for an oil lamp
113 Orsi 1911, 121.
114 Original report, June 2, 1915, 2.
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