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

discovery
Likelihood of hoard Possible
76. Cyprus: Enkomi Stylianou hoard: date uncertain
Nicosia, Cyprus Museum; some items were sent to the Famagusta Museum prior to 1974
Total objects in hoard 28
Tool count and frequency 16 (57.1%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 3 total: 3 single/flat axes (CM 1958/VI-24/5, 6, 7) 25
Other objects 1 socketed shovel, 3 plowshares, 2 socketed picks, 6 sickles,
socketed spatulate tool, 3 vessel fragments, 2 handles, 6
ornaments, shepherd’s crook, wheel, pour cup (now metal)
Bibliography Catling 1964, 285; Matthäus and Schumacher-Matthäus
1986, 174
Context and date of Enkomi, otherwise unknown; found during the 1930s
discovery
Likelihood of hoard Probable, although the original composition is in doubt
Traditional interpretation Founder’s hoard
77. Cyprus: Nitovikla hoard (Karpass peninsula): LC general
The shovel is in the Ashmolean Museum
Total objects in hoard 3+, unknown total number of objects
Tool count and frequency 3 (100%)
Carpentry/masonry tools 1 total: 1 single/flat ax
Other objects 1 plowshare/hoe; 1 shovel
Bibliography Catling 1964, 289; Matthäus and Schumacher-Matthäus
1986, 143; Knapp, Muhly and Muhly 1988, 244
Context and date of
discovery
Well; found at the beginning of the 20 th century
Likelihood of hoard Possible
78. Cyprus: Athienou- Bamboulari tis Koukounninas hoard (Mesaoira): LC general
Jerusalem, Israel?
Total objects in hoard 20+ total objects 26
Tool count and frequency 9 (?) total tools 27
Carpentry/masonry tools 6 total: 6 small chisels
Other objects 2 other small tools that are impossible to identify from poor
preservation, 1 awl (?); 6 nails and/or tacks, 3-5 pieces of
bronze spillage, 2 folded lead objects, possibly weights, lots
of scrap metal, lots of nodules
Bibliography Dothan and Ben-Tor 1983, 16-20, 134-135, plates 44.1-2,
25 None of the three flat axes were found in the Cyprus Museum. I was told that these were sent to the
Famagusta Museum prior to 1974 invasion.
26 It is reported that 5 kilograms of scrap metal were recovered from the site and that the majority came
from pit 536 (Dothan and Ben-Tor 1983, 134), but an exact quantity of scrap fragments is not reported.
27 As determined by Dothan and Ben-Tor 1983, figure 57.7-12 and plate 47.2.
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