(Left) Terracotta mortar. A spouted terracotta mortar was found on the 4th century b.c. Kyrenia ship and is another example of the similarity of objects that both ships carried . (Right) Bottom view of terracotta mortar. Kyrenia ship but their use was not understood. Yet, in southern Italy exact copies of these reels are still fashioned out of wood and plastic for use by fishermen for their hand lines. The stern of our ship was in thirty-seven meters of water which, under the conditions in which we were working, limited our dives to fifteen minutes. Thus, when we moved forward along the axis of the ship and towards the shore we reached the thirty-five meter level, allowing us to add five minutes to our bottom time. At this point the concentration of broken amphoras marked the main cargo area. It was from this area that the amphoras had been removed by the looters. After removing the mass of small stones and sherds we were able to use the airlift to clear the loose sand. To our surprise we came across a group of twelve amphoras containing no less than eight different shapes. A ninth type had been found by the police and was safely stored in the museum at Reggio. The amphoras represent various ports of call for our merchantman and show that he travelled from somewhere in Greece to Italy or Sicily and was probably heading west through the Straits when disaster struck. Three of the amphora types are Punic, one of which is somewhat unique. It is a cigar-shaped amphora, 1.12 meters high with a wide mouth and with a .05 meter hole made in the base. It has been sug- Wood handled iron-tipped awl from cabin area was probably used by the crew for mending the sails. Wooden fishing reel used to wind fishing line. Similar devices are still made and used in southern Italy. 123