Qatar Museums - Zubarah Bay 1 - Find 0003

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The next major ceramic discovery unearthed by the Maritime Archaeology Trust and Qatar Museums team during excavation of a promising shipwreck site in Zubarah Bay, Al Zubarah, Qatar, in January 2018 is revealed. This vessel closely resembles F0001 at 0.52 meters wide and with 0.46 meters of height remaining. Like the first find, the body was partially exposed above the sand and covered with sponges, buried to a depth of 0.3 meters. It also features the same distinctive rope pattern around the waist and the waveform pattern around the neck as F0001, but it was located 20 meters east of the first find. Pressing three will cycle through views and reveal surface detail, while pressing one will return to the final render. This ceramic is part of an assortment discovered by Trust divers following a side scan sonar survey to identify anomalies within the bay. Five other large ceramics were recovered, which together are indicative of a potential shipwreck site. More models of the as-found feature, the ceramics, and the site plan will follow.