In the course of a survey carried out by the AURI during 1974, a cargo of a ship from the 5^th century BC was located. The remains were scattered over a large area (2x2 km). The principal finds were hundreds of terra cotta figurines of various sizes, all of which were female images with their right arms raised in a benedictory gesture and their left arms folded beneath their bosoms. Many of the figurines bear the sign of the Phoenician-Punic goddess Tanit on their bases; others have such Phoenician-Punic signs as dolphins, stele, and other ritual motifs common in the iconography of Carthage and the Punic colonies in the middle and western Mediterranean region. Among the other finds were an elephant tusk, amphorae, bowls and other small pottery vessels. Neutron activation analyses of the clay from which the figurines were made, show that the cargo originated from the southern Phoenician coast.