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

Other objects 45 sickles, 3 swords, 3 socketed spearhead fragments, 4 rings
(bracelets?), 1 vessel handle, 14 bowls and fragments,
1 oxhide ingot fragment
Bibliography Harmankaya1 995
Context and date of Found by a local in 1984
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Possible
General Late Bronze Age
73. Crete: Routasi hoard; LM?
Heraklion Museum (2468-70, 84)
Total objects in hoard 7+
Tool count and frequency 6 (100%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 5 total: 3 double axes, 1 hammer, 1 saw
Other objects Knives (#?), spearhead
Bibliography Hood 1957, 20; Evely 1993, 33 entry 75, 49 entry 175-177,
Context and date of
discovery
101 entry 4
Likelihood of hoard Possible
Very unclear. Described by Hood as: “A hoard of bronzes
found at 'Asprolivadha' near Rotdsi (ancient Rytiasos)
includes hammers, double axes, knives, a spear-head and a
saw.” Found in 1957.
74. Greek mainland: Stephani hoard (Epirus): LH
Ioannina Museum (IM)
Total objects in hoard 17
Tool count and frequency 11 (64.7%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 10 total: 10 double axes (IM 7505-7514)
Other objects 1 whetstone (IM 9468), 3 leaf shaped spearheads (IM 7515-
17), 2 unidentified bronze objects (long engravers, bracelet
fragments or styli, IM 7518-19), 1 stone block (IM 9469)
Bibliography Andreou 1986; Andreou 1994
Context and date of Crevice in a hill; found in 1985
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Definite
Traditional interpretation Merchant hoard?
75. Greek Mainland: Rodotopi hoard (Epirus): LH ?
Ioannina Museum
Total objects in hoard 4
Tool count and frequency 4 (100%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 4 single, shaft-hole axes
Bibliography Unpublished, but is included in C. Kleitsas’ dissertation
Context and date of Unknown, from Rodotopi village (Epirus), found in 1951
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