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

Bibliography Branigan 1968, 89-90; Branigan 1969, Branigan 1974
Context and date of Found in the “exterior compartment of the early house”
discovery
before 1921
Likelihood of hoard Definite
Traditional interpretation Carpenter’s hoard
4. Crete: Mallia Quartier Mu, Building A hoard: MM II
Ayios Nikolaos Museum
Total objects in hoard 4 or 5+
Tool count and frequency 4 (80%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 3 total: 1 ax-adze, 1 drill, 1 small saw
Other objects 1 knife, possibly 1 metal vessel fragment, ceramics
Bibliography Poursat 1985
Context and date of Quartier Mu, Building A, corridor I9; found in 1966
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Probable
Traditional interpretation Carpenter’s hoard, specifically a carpenter’s tool kit
5. Crete: Mallia Quartier Mu, Building B hoard: MM II
Ayios Nikolaos Museum
Total objects in hoard 4
Tool count and frequency 4 (100%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 4 total: 1 double ax, 1 chisel (mortise), 1 small saw, 1
socketed adze
Bibliography Poursat 1985
Context and date of Quartier Mu, Building B, IV 4 (basement), found in 1968
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Probable
Traditional interpretation Carpenter’s hoard, specifically a carpenter’s tool kit
6. Greek Mainland: Lerna hoard (Argolid): MH I
Argos Museum
Total objects in hoard 3
Tool count and frequency 1 (33%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 1 total: 1 chisel
Other objects 2 long daggers
Bibliography Caskey 1957, 151, plate 42c.
Context and date of Eastern section of area BD (just north of House of the Tiles),
discovery
found in 1956
Likelihood of hoard Possible
7. Greek Mainland: Malthi hoard (Messenia, Peloponnese): MH
Kalamata Museum
Total objects in hoard 7
Tool count and frequency 7 (100%)
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