Serçe Limanı, Turkey
Date - c 1025
Depth - 33 m (110 ft)
Found by - Mehmet Aıkın
Excavation - 1977 - 79
Cargo - glass cullet, glazed bowls, wine
Glass vessels - c 10,000 - 20,000
Hull - 15.6 m (51.2 ft) long
Crew - Bulgarian
“Drop a light bulb. Try to put it back together again. Drop three light bulbs. Stir the pieces. Then try to put them back together again. Drop six light bulbs, four glass vases, and a dozen wine bottles, stir the pieces, and try to put them all back together, as if they were new. That is like the problem I faced, starting in 1977 – except I was dealing with between 10,000 and 20,000 smashed glass vessels. But now, after more than two decades of year-round mending, my colleagues and I have assembled by far the largest collection of medieval Islamic glass in the world.” - George F. Bass
Source
Bass, George F., "Solving a Million-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle: Serçe Limanı, Turkey" in "Beneath the Seven Seas," edited by George F. Bass, pp. 106-117. New York and London, 2005.
