Wooden Tablet

© The National Museum of Korea

Some 360 wooden tags were found and provided decisive information about the shipwreck. Thy have the cargo owner’s name, temple names, production dates, and kinds and quantities of goods. They were written with brush and ink.

Provenance: Dodeok-do, Bangchuk-ri, Jido-myeon, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do

Materials: wood

Accession Number: Sinan 23584

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