Recent clay fabric analyses of Canaanite jar sherds from the 18th Dynasty site of Tel el Amarna have produced a specific clay fabric designation, and it is seemingly the same as that from the Uluburun shipwreck, of a type that is exclusively associated in Amarna with transporting Pistacia resin. Glass ingots Approximately 175 glass ingots of cobalt blue, turquoise, and lavender were found (earliest intact glass ingots known). Chemical composition of cobalt blue glass ingots matches those of contemporary Egyptian core-formed vessels and Mycenaean pendant beads, which suggests a common source. Miscellaneous cargo Logs of blackwood from Africa (referred to as ebony by the Egyptians) Ivory in the form of whole and partial hippopotamus and elephant tusks More than a dozen hippopotamus teeth Tortoise carapaces (upper shells) Murex opercula (possible ingredient for incense) Ostrich eggshells Cypriot pottery Cypriot oil lamps Bronze and copper vessels (four faience drinking cups shaped as rams’ heads and one shaped as a woman's head) Two duck-shaped ivory cosmetics boxes Ivory cosmetics or unguent spoon Trumpet More than two dozen sea-shell rings Beads of amber (Baltic origin) Agate Carnelian Quartz Gold Faience Glass Jewelry, gold, and silver Collection of usable and scrap gold and silver Canaanite jewelry Among the 37 gold pieces are: pectorals, medallions, pendants, beads, a small ring ingot, and an assortment of fragments Biconical chalice (largest gold object from wreck) Egyptian objects of gold, electrum, silver, and steatite (soap stone) Gold scarab inscribed with the name of Nefertiti Bronze female figurine (head, neck, hands, and feet covered in sheet gold) Weapons and tools Arrowheads Spearheads Maces Daggers Lugged shaft-hole axe A single armor scale of Near Eastern type Four swords (Canaanite, Mycenaean, and Italian(?) types) Large number of tools: sickles, awls, drill bits, a saw, a pair of tongs, chisels, a ploughshare, whetstones, and adzes Axes, ceremonial axe made of green volcanic stone that originates from area Bulgaria A small (9.5 x 6.2 cm), folding boxwood writing-tablet was found with partially extant ivory hinges. It likely would have had wax writing surfaces. Pan-balance weights 19 zoomorphic weights (Uluburun weight assemblage is one of the largest and most complete groups of contemporaneous Late Bronze Age weights) 120 geometric-shaped weights Edibles Almonds Pine nuts Figs Olives Grapes Safflower Black cumin Sumac Coriander Whole pomegranates A few grains of charred wheat and barley Excavation The Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) began excavating in July 1984 under