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Phoenician Ships |
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Phoenician Ships |
| Phoenician ships had a curved shape with
similar stems and sternposts. The masts had two large yardarms. Notice all
the ropes used in the yard rigging. The ships also had high washboards
with strakes around the deck to prevent cargo from falling off during
heavy seas. The prophet Ezekiel describes the building of these
ships:
"They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of Cyprus. Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you." - Ezek 27:5-7 |
