The shipwreck is 21 m. long; estimated cargo of 60 tons, including ca. 700 Late Roman Amphora 2 (LRA 2) and ca. 100 Late Roman Amphora 1 (LRA 1). Possibly engaged in official imperial supply under Heraclius. Dated to the third decade of the 7th c.
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