Middle and Late Bronze Age Metal Tools from the Aegean, Eastern ...

Figure 5.3: Tool frequencies and distributions for MBA –LBA Cypriot hoards
Hoard name:
n=total hoard #
Enkomi:
Foundry hoard;
n=85
Enkomi:
Gunnis hoard;
n=18
Enkomi:
Maison des
Bronzes
n=5+
Enkomi: Trésor
de Bronzes; n=37
Enkomi:
Stylianou hoard
n=28
Enkomi: Weapon
hoard; n=33
Enkomi: Point
1458 hoard; n=41
Enkomi: Brunnen
212 hoard; n=23+
Enkomi: Point
438 hoard; n=4
Enkomi:
miniature hoard
n=15
Mathiati hoard
n=65
Tool % in
hoard
Double
axes
Shaft
-hole
axes
Combination
tools
Flat
ax or
adze
Broad
chisels
40% 1 - 2 ax-adzes - 1, or a
lugged
ax
100% - - 4 double adzes
1 ax-adze
Narrow
chisels
2
(1 with
socket)
Drills Saws Utilitarian
tools
Agricultural
tools
- - 2 knives 11 plowshares
1 pruning hook
2 sickles
2 pick frags
1 - - - - - 2 plowshares
2 shovels
6 picks
Smith tools
or other tool type
1 double hammer
from double adze,
1 sledgehammer, 1
tongs, 3 charcoal
shovels, 2 furnace
spatulas
1 charcoal shovel
1 metal mold
20% - - 1 double adze - - - - - - 1 plowshare? -
30% - - 1 double adze
1 ax-adze
1 hammer-adze
1
adze
1 (cold) 2
mortise
2 - 1 knife - 1 spatulate tool
2 weights/scales
57.1% - - - 3 - - - - - 1 shovel
3 plowshares
2 picks
6 sickles
1 spatula
9% 1 - - - - - - - - 2 sickles -
7.3% - - - - - - - - 2 knives 1 sickle -
26.1% - - 2 hammer- - 2 - 1 - - 1 plowshare 2 unidentified tools
adzes
2 bronze scales
75% - - - - - - - - - 1 shovel
2 sickles
-
26.6% - - - - - 1 1 - - - 3 miniature
unidentified tools
1 bronze scale
38.5% 2 - 3 double adzes 3 - 1 - - - 6 plowshares 1 sledgehammer
1 ax-adze
3 sickles 1 metal mold
1 hammer-adze
1 pruning hook
1 plow scraper
1 casting
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