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Surgeon's equipment
This group of material includes a number of items that may have belonged to the surgeon, or could have had other
purposes or functions on board the ship Mortars
DAT457
DAT56
95
The larger mortar (BAT 457) had the inscription AMOR VINCIT OMNIA ANNO 1625; the other, BAT 562, was broken and although the inscription was the same as the other, the date could nOl be identified. This style and type o f mortar is commonly found on VOC ships, lwo were found on the Vergulde Draeck (GT 6 and GT 74), both were similar in size to the two B acavia mortars, possibly in- dicating that they were standard sizes. The larger of the V ergulde Draeck mortars was dated 1654 and had A VOC (Amsterdam Chamber of the VOC) cast into the decora- tion, indicating that the mortar was especially made for that Chamber of the Company. The main dimensions of the mortars discussed above are given below.
Reg. No
GT6 BAT 562 GT74 BA T 457
Height mm Base mm 1181 94
99i 70
146 110
1
142 i 113
Neck mm
148
124
178
175
