Recent work undertaken by the Black Sea Maritime Archaeology Project in the territorial waters of Bulgaria, uncovered 37 Ottoman-Period shipwrecks, demonstrating the high density of seafaring activities in the Black Sea. Though the finds are important in understanding Ottoman seafaring technology, they provide little information about life on board. The Kitten shipwreck remains the sole fully excavated nautical site of this period in the Black Sea. This article discusses artifacts found on board this late eighteenth- early nineteenth-century shipwreck, excavated on the southern Bulgarian coast. The finds offer insights into shipboard life, the religious background of the crew, and support historical references to the family nature of seafaring ventures.

黑海海洋考古​​项目最近在保加利亚领海开展的工作发现了 37 艘奥斯曼时期的沉船，这表明黑海的航海活动密度很高。尽管这些发现对于了解奥斯曼航海技术很重要，但它们提供的关于船上生活的信息很少。小猫沉船仍然是黑海这一时期唯一完全挖掘的航海遗址。本文讨论了在这艘 18 世纪末至 19 世纪初沉船中发现的文物，该沉船是在保加利亚南部海岸挖掘出来的。这些发现提供了对船上生活、船员的宗教背景的见解，并支持了对航海企业家庭性质的历史参考。