No 16

Location: Located below No. 15.

Material: Marble surface, 6th century.

Dimensions: Height 20 cm, width 25.5 cm, at 80 cm from the floor level.

Condition: Shallow, in places clearly carved, not intersected by others.

Technique: Incised.

Description: A part of a sailing vessel viewed from its starboard side. Only the bow section and the central part of the rounded hull remain.
The hull is marked with seven pairs of vertical lines and four horizontal lines that terminate at a small circle in the bow section. The rounded bow rises high and is topped by a superstructure enclosed by a parapet, represented by short notches at regular intervals. Almost at its center, a short bowsprit projects at an angle. Three curved lines run from it to the head of the single mast.
The mast itself is stepped slightly forward of amidships. Aft of the mast, the bulwark is indicated by two parallel lines with vertical notches spaced at regular intervals.
Beneath the forward part of the vessel, a shoreline is depicted with a wavy line. On the shore, there is a bird shown in a three-quarter view, with short legs, a long tail, and an elongated beak curved at the tip.

Type: D/IIa.

Attribution: Carrack.

Publications: Tomov, Potajnostite na "Sv. Sofia", 105-106.

Commentary: Tomov, Potajnostite na "Sv. Sofia", 106.

Date: 15th century AD.