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Karel Vlierman
2.17 Clinker-built fisherman Nz44, so-called
watership
-Found on lot Nz 44 in Southern Flevoland, north of the village
of Spakenburg, excavated in 1979 46.
-Stock-number: ZN 44/20.
-Stoneware: only a small stoneware jug from Raeren was found,
this with an interesting repair using red material in a crack in
the bottom (fi g. 17).
-Context of the pottery: found between the ballast of erratic
boulders.
-Dating evidence: Th e type of sintel provides a building date in
the fi rst half of the 16th century. Th e soil disturbance, repairs
and the quality of the wood used to build the ship, two silver
coins of Brabant, Charles V, minted in Antwerp respectively
between 1507-1520 and 1520-1555, and the stoneware jug and
other ceramics provide a wreck date in the second or third
quarter of the 16th century.
-Comment: Th e inventory also contains a copper kettle and
(sherds of ) several redware cooking pots and frying pans.
Fig. 17 Fisherman Nz44: small Raeren jug.
2.18 & 2.19 Two clinker-built fisherman Nz74-I
and Nz74-II, so-called waterships,
which were probably scrapped on the
same date
-Found on lot Nz 74 (I and II), in Southern Flevoland, north of
the village of Spakenburg, excavated in 1982 47.
-Stock-numbers: NZ 74 I-58, Nz 74 II-1 and Nz 74 II-2.
-Stoneware: a complete jug with a volume of 2.5 litres was
found on the Nz74-I and sherds of two comparable jugs on the
Nz74-II (fi g. 18).
-Context of the pottery: between the ballast of erratic boulders.
-Dating evidence: the type of sintel provides a building date of
both the ships in the fi rst half of the 16th century. Th ere is a
dendrochronological fell-date for the Nz74-I of 1525-1526 AD
and of the Nz74-II of 1525-1527 AD. Th e ceramics indicate a
wreck date in the middle or the third quarter of the 16th century.
-Comment: both wrecks carried (sherds of ) several redware
cooking pots, frying pans and plates.
46 File n.i.s.a.; Vlierman 1996, 83, tables I-II.
47 File n.i.s.a; Vlierman, 1996, 84, tables I-II;
r.i.n.g. 1994, kn1010 +2, kn 1020 +2, kn 1030 +2
and kn210 +2, kn 2020 +2, kn 2030 +2,
kn 2040 +2.
Fig. 18 Fisherman Nz74-I: jug (left ); Fisherman Nz74-II: fragments
of two jugs (middle and right).
2.20 Clinker-built fisherman K84, so-called
watership
-Found on lot K 84 in Eastern Flevoland, near the town of
Dronten, excavated in 197148.
-Stock-numbers: K 84 II-25 and -71.
-Stoneware: a glazed jug with a volume of c. 1 litre and the base
of a small (funnel neck?) Siegburg jug were found (fi g. 19).
-Context of the pottery: inside the wreck. Th e glazed jug was
the only stoneware in use. Th e Siegburg sherd was found under
the ballast of erratic boulders and probably part of a jug which
was broken long before the ship sank.
-Dating evidence: a coin of the dioceses of Utrecht, Frederik
van Baden, was minted in 1514. Dendrochronological analysis
provides a fell-date between 1511 and 1517 AD. Based on the
pottery, the wreck dates back from the second or third quarter
of the 16th century.
-Comment: for cooking and frying the ship carried some
redware tripods and a small tripod pan with a handle, and a
copper kettle.
Fig. 19 Fisherman K84: complete salt-glazed jug and base of a
Siegburg jug.
48 File n.i.s.a., r.i.n.g. 1999 kok 01.0,
kok 02.1, kok 03.1, kok 04.1, kok 05.1,
kok2+4.