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

table/portable hearth, 1 situla bronze vessel, 1 hemispherical
bowl, 1 head fragment of male figurine, 1 wheel with bent
bronze wire through its central hole, 1 rectangular bar
(unidentified object referred to as scrap metal)
Bibliography Karageorghis 1973; Matthäus and Schumacher-Matthäus
1986, 177; Knapp, Muhly and Muhly 1988
Context and date of In a pit covered with ashes, however the find is a “result of
discovery
clandestine excavations;” found in 1971. 14
Likelihood of hoard Definite
Traditional interpretation Founder’s hoard; items from a sanctuary?
54. Cyprus: Galinoporni-Vasili (Kaleburnu-Kraltepsesi) hoard: LC IIC or IIIA
North Cyprus
Total objects in hoard 26
Tool count and frequency 7 (26.9%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 1 total: 1 saw
Other objects 5 sickles, 1 charcoal shovel, 16 bronze vessels, 3 bronze
incense burners, 1 ceramic stirrup jar w Cypro-Minoan mark
Bibliography Bartelheim, M., B. Kizilduman, U. Muller, E. Pernicka, and
Context and date of
discovery
H. Tekel. 2008.
Likelihood of hoard Definite
In a large pithos by a bulldozer; Galinoporni-Vasili
(Kaleburnu-Kraltepsesi), or King’s mountain (Karpass);
found in June 2004.
55. Cyprus: Alassa-Pano Mandilaris hoard: LC IIC-IIIA
Limmasol or Nicosia museum
Total objects in hoard 3
Tool count and frequency 0
Other objects 3 spearheads of different types.
Bibliography Hadjisavvas 1994, 112-113; Hadjisavvas 1996, 28, figure 4.
Context and date of Cache found hidden in a rock crevice in room B; found in
discovery
1991
Likelihood of hoard Probable
Traditional interpretation Hoard hidden at a time of imminent danger
56. Cyprus: Myrtou-Pigadhes hoard (northwestern Cyprus): LC IIC – IIIA
Cyprus Museum?
Total objects in hoard 5 (possible more)
Tool count and 0…but 1 plowshare found in same room
frequency
Other objects 1 squat tripod with plain ring, 2 squat tripods with decorated
ring, 2 tripod ring stands with decorative elements
14 Karageorghis 1973, 72.
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