[Covenantor]

Thanks for the link. This arrangement could well be the one I saw in a photo long ago, albeit underwater as murky as my memory, and silted over quite a bit.

[Covenantor]

Here's a bit more background on ancient Greek trading vessels and those darn amphorae.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrenia_ship

Ten different types of amphorae were discovered in the wreck called the Kyrenia ship. A good deal more about the ship and its intact cargo is available there.

They were able to salvage a large portion of the ship, sufficient in fact to build several replicas.

So it seems as the methods of securing the amphorae varied.

Now as to those found in Brazil...drunken space cadets on leave might not be so outlandish after all.

;>)