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Measuring Depth
Ehud Galili, Baruch Rosen/International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

Measuring Depth

A tubular, iron sounding lead found at the site. Sounding leads are metal bobs used to measure water depth. Fishermen would fill the hollow portion with tallow, attach the bob to the end of a sounding line, and then fling them over the side of the boat. Both the length of the line and debris stuck to the tallow would indicate the water depth.


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Ehud Galili, Baruch Rosen/International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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