Neumagen wine ship

The Neumagen wine ship is a stone attachment for the tomb of a wealthy Roman wine merchant from around 220 AD. It was discovered with blocks of numerous other tombs in 1878 in the wine-growing community of Neumagen-Drohn ( Bernkastel area, Moselle). The ship is reminiscent of a warship in some respects. The bow is designed as a ramming spur, the prows are decorated with dragon heads.

Neumagener Weinschiff

The wine ship shows six rowers, two helmsmen and 22 oars. The four large barrels depicted were probably used to transport Moselle wine to other parts of Gaul and Germania and are also a sign of the wine-growing culture of the Moselle region, which was already important in Roman times. The two Roman poets Ausonius (310-395) and Venantius Fortunatus (530-610) described the beauty of the landscape during boat trips on the Moselle. Due to further wine motif finds, the municipality of Neumagen is described as the "oldest wine village in Germany".

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