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30 Vlierman in preparation.
31 File n.i.s.a., r.i.n.g. 1993. kko 070 – kko 190.
32 Vlierman 1996, 77, tables I-II.
33 H.L. Janssen, personal communication 2000.
34 Modderman 1945; Vlierman in preparation.
An overview of the dated stoneware (groups) from ships in the Netherlands (Zuiderzee region) and Novaya Zemlya (1200-1600) 193
2.7 Hanseatic cog Oz36
-Found near the 12th -14th century settlement of Ark on lot Oz
36 in Southern Flevoland, north of the town of Nijkerk, excavated
in 198330.
-Stock-numbers: ZO36-1 up to –3.
-Stoneware: only some small sherds of three (real stoneware)
Siegburg drinking jugs represent the stoneware fi nds.
-Context of the pottery: found on the bottom of the wreck.
-Dating evidence: the dendrochronological fell-date is
1335/1336 AD31. Th e type of sintel provides a building date
between the third quarter of the 13th and the fi rst half of the
14th century32. Th is type of stoneware was in use during the
third and fourth quarter of the 14th century33.
-Comment: the inventory also contains a still unidentifi ed type
of earthenware jug (fi g. 7), some sherds of three redware (cooking)
pots and the foot of a small bronze cooking-pot.
Fig. 7 Hanseatic cog Oz36: earthenware jug.
2.8 Small cog M107
-Found on lot M 107 in the North-East Polder, west of the village
of Marknesse, excavated in 1944 34.
-Stock-numbers: Z1944/II-2 and –3.
-Stoneware: one (real) stoneware jug from Siegburg and a small
one with the well-known yellowish-grey fabric and a greenspotted
glaze from the Meuse alley represent the storage and
drinking vessels of the artefactual inventory (fi g. 8).
-Context of the pottery: found inside the wreck.
-Dating evidence: based on the date of the ceramics, the measurements
of the bricks of the cargo, and the soil disturbance
the ship sank in the second half of the 14th century.
-Comment: the ship carried a copper kettle and two bronze
tripods used for cooking.
Fig. 8 Small cog M107: Siegburg jug and small jug from the Meuse
Valley.
35 Hocker & Vlierman 1996; R.I.N.G. 1996 kaw
011- kaw 061; Vlierman 1996, 80, tables I-II.
36 Vlierman 1992a; Idem 1992b; Idem 1993;
Vlierman & Koldeweij 1992-1993; Idem 1996-
1997; Hocker & Vlierman 1996.
2.9 Small cog W13
-Found on lot W 13 in Southern Flevoland, in the town of
Almere, excavated in 198635. Comparable with Marknesse lot
M 107 (see 2.8)
-Stock-numbers: ZW13-1 up to –3.
-Stoneware: the inventory contains two jugs of the well-known
Langerwehe type, each with a volume of 2.5 litres (fi g. 9). Th e
incomplete vessel is a base fragment of a comparable jug. Th ey
both show traces of use. Fragments of a third and smaller jug
belong to another type with a yellowish-grey fabric, possibly
made in the Maas/Rhine region.
-Context of the pottery: found inside the wreck.
-Dating evidence: no dendrochronological dating is available.
Th e type of sintel provides a building date between the fourth
quarter of the 14th or the fi rst half of the 15th century. Th ree
silver coins of Gelre and Utrecht provides a terminus post quem
of c. 1420 and a terminus post quem of 1440. A wreck date early
in the second quarter of the 15th century is most probable36.
-Comment: some small sherds of some redware cooking pots,
a tripod bowl and three frying pans were also found.
Fig. 9 Small cog W13: Langerwehe jugs.
2.10 Inland (river)boat K73/74
-Found on lot K 73/74 Eastern Flevoland, west of the town of
Dronten, excavated in 197137.
-Stock-numbers: OK 73/74-1 and –2.
-Stoneware: the inventory contains a funnel neck jug from
Siegburg and a pitcher from Langerwehe (fi g. 10) with a volume
of 0.75 and 1.8 litres respectively.
-Context of the pottery: found amidships on the bottom of the
wreck.
-Dating evidence: to date no dendrochrological dating has
been carried out. Eleven silver coins from the cities of Kampen
and Groningen, the dioceses of Utrecht and Munster and from
Flanders provide the best information for the date of the wreck,
which occurred c. 1460. Th e type of sintel provides a building
date between the fourth quarter of the 14th or the fi rst half of
the 15th century38.
-Comment: small sherds of a redware cooking pot were also
found.
37 Reinders et al. 1980, 17-29; Vlierman 1983,
4-11.
38 Vlierman 1996, 80, table I-II.