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

15 th -14 th century: LH II – IIIA1
34. Greek Mainland: Andronianoi hoard (Euboea): LH II – IIIA1
Athens National Museum; prehistoric collection
Total objects in hoard 10
Tool count and frequency 3 (30%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 2 total: 1 saw (10797), 1 double ax (10798)
Other objects 1 razor (10814); 2 swords (10812-13), 2 daggers (10810-11),
1 spearhead (10815), 1 phiale (10816), 1 metal sheet (silver
alloy with copper and gold, 10817.1-10817.3)
Bibliography Paschalidis 2007
Context and date of Unknown; found in 1940
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Possible, but context is unclear
Traditional interpretation Hoard loosely associated with metal market interests
35. Cyprus: Enkomi miniature dagger casting hoard: end of the 15 th century
Nicosia, Cyprus Museum (inv. CM excavations inv. 839)
Total objects in hoard 6
Tool count and frequency 0
Other objects 6 miniature dagger castings
Bibliography Dikaios 1969, 232, pl. 126.20, 23 and pl. 153.14, 16-7, 27.
Context and date of Area I, under the ‘megaron’ floor of Ashlar Building in
discovery
quarter 4B, court B; found in 1948-58
Likelihood of hoard Definite
Traditional interpretation Votive or foundation deposit
36. Syria-Palestine: Ras Shamra priest house hoard (Ugarit): 14 th century BC
Louvre Museum
Total objects in hoard 74
Tool count and frequency 50 (67.6%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 41 total: 27 flat axes, 9 socketed adzes (four have Ugaritic
inscriptions as dedications to the high priest), 3 chisels, and 2
drills
Other objects 4 sickles, 5 hoes, 1 tripod, 4 swords, 9 socketed spearheads, 2
daggers, 3 arrowheads, 2 fragments of melted material
Bibliography Schaeffer 1956, 251-275
Context and date of Under threshold of high priest house, between Baal and
discovery
Dagon temples; found in 1929.
Likelihood of hoard Definite
Traditional interpretation Votive, non-utilitarian
13 th century: LH IIIB or LC IIC
37. Greek Mainland: Mycenae Poros wall hoard (Argolid): LH IIIB
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