Greco-Trojan Merchant Ships

[Felix Canus]

I am working up a storyline set in the time of the Trojan War. One of the starting points requires cargo recovered from a wrecked ship. But I can find little information about the type of merchant vessels of that time. All I can find refers to fighting galleys and only mention cargo ships with no details.

Do we know (or have a fairly good idea) about the size of these ships and how much they could carry? They do not have to specifically be Greek or Trojan. Any merchant ship from the eastern Med would be great. Later designs, such as from the Grecco-Persian wars, or even as late as Alexander's Egyptian campaigns, might work as well.

[Dan Howard]

http://ina.tamu.edu/ub_main.htm

[Tarbicus]

a pair of pectorals with glass relief beads,

Interesting.

[Ioannis]

Also, http://ina.tamu.edu/capegelidonya.htm

[Felix Canus]

Outstanding. Thankee much.