Information of Gd-501

Radiocarbon Database	Silesian University of Technology Institute of Physics, Departament of Radioisotopes Radiocarbon Laboratory
Silesian University of Technology, Radiocarbon Laboratory, Bolesława Krzywoustego 2, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

Radiocarbon Sample Information

Gd-501 Dziegieć Age: 520 ± 50 BP δ ¹³C: -33.20‰ (PBD)

Sample name:	Dziegieć
Submitter:	Smolarek Przemysław
Institution:	Centralne Muzeum Morskie ul. Szeroka 67/68 Gdańsk

Collector:
Date of collection:

Smolarek P.
Apr 1976

Additional information:

High purity tar from one of undestroyed barrels belonging to cargo.

Gd-499. W-5: Beeswax 470 ą 45

Fragment of big blocks of pure beeswax from slip`s cargo.

Only mechanical cleaning of surface.

Gd-534. W-5: Clamping ring 590 ą 40

Beech clamping ring from one of undestroyecl barrels belonging to cargo.

Gd-535. W-5: Line 590 ą40

Pieces of partly charred line, covered with tar and mud, found in ship`s

hold. Tar removed by successive boiling in trichloroethylene.

Gd-590. W-5: Straw 450 ą 100

Pieces of unid. straw found in ship`s hold. Comment: undersized,diluted.

General Comment (MFP): for detailed discussion of results of radiocarbon dating,

see Pazdur et al. (1979b). First five dates for frame, tree nails, and animal hair

provide estimated date of launching, next five dates for materials belonging to

ship`s cargo provide estimate of date of sinking. Good agreement with historic

dates suggested by Sledz (1979).

Material of sample:

other

Contamination:

none

Type of site:

trench

Field of study:

archaeology

Sample location:
Site name:	Zatoka Gdańska-Wrak
Latitude:	54 28 00N
Longitude:	18 43 00E
Detailed description of the sample location:
no information provided
Environment description:
Samples from wreck of ancient merchant ship W-5 from depth 16m at base of Gdansk Bay, roadstead of Gdansk harbor, ca 6.5km NE of estuary of Vistula River (54 28 N, 18 43 E).

References to literature:

Radiocarbon Data List VII