Police have made an extraordinary discovery: three Roman amphorae have been found on the seabed of Porto Rotondo. The Olbia police diving team, during a routine safety dive, noticed a terracotta shard on the seabed, apparently related to a part of the Roman amphorae. of an amphora. It started like this A second dive led to the identification of three intact terracotta artifacts, amphorae, partially corroded . This discovery immediately attracted the operators' attention and led to the hypothesis of the possible presence of further finds nearby.
From here, a specific underwater search activity began, which led to the discovery of further finds, in good condition, still in the qualification phase. The Superintendency for Archaeological Heritage has also been informed. Pending further investigation and official assessment, the amphorae could be traced back to production in the Lazio, Campania, or Spain areas and could date back to a period between the second half of the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD .
A small fragment, therefore, represented the starting point of a research that allowed us to bring to light a testimony of the past that had been preserved for centuries under the sea of Porto Rotondo . Further investigations, entrusted to the competent authorities, will now be carried out to precisely establish the origin, nature, precise dating, and historical-archaeological value of the three artefacts.
(Unioneonline/En.Ne.)
