J3 was a small ship’s boat that sank at in the harbor of Antirhodos island in the Portus Magnus of Alexandria. Exceptionally well preserved, J3 retains its entire structure from the keel to the guard-rail, including the thwarts and thole pins of its rowing system. Entirely made in non-Egyptian timber, J3 was likely constructed in a boatyard on the
A study of the construction, structure and identification of Ship 17, a Late Period baris-vessel discovered during underwater excavations at Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken city in Aboukir Bay. Ship 17 is placed within the traditions of naval architecture both in Egypt and the wider Mediterranean.
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