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37, fig. 8) from the same point. Fragments of such implements were also found
at other places: terrace A, at +22 feet (S.K. 96); in the upper digging, at
+33 feet 2 inches (S.K. 97; plate 37, fig. 13); at terrace B, between +21 feet 5
inches, and +23 feet 7 inches (S.K. 166; plate 37, fig. 7), and from the same
point at +19 feet (S.K. 276; plate 37, fig. 5). Such fragments may also have
belonged to chisels. They are distinguished from awls by a more or less formed
cutting edge. There are two well-preserved small chisels, one from terrace B,
at +31 feet (S.K. 40; fig. 265; plate 37, fig. 4), the other (S.K. 302), also from
terrace B, at +19 feet (S.K. 302; fig. 266; plate 37, fig. 9). A fragment of a
wider one with a more projecting cutting edge (S.K. 165a) is shown in fig. 267
from the upper digging, between +25 feet 5 inches and +29 feet.

It is impossible to say whether fragments of implements with a square cross-
section and a needle-like point belong to awls and punches or to pins. Such a
fragment (S.K. 200) from terrace C, between +21 feet 2 inches and +23 feet
2 inches, is shown in fig. 268.

A pair of tweezers of peculiar form (S.K. 280a and 280b) is an isolated occur-
rence. It is from terrace B at just +19 feet,
and is shown in fig. 269, and plate 37, figs. 2a
and 2b. It has a four-edged shaft with square
cross-section and a spiral, inrolled end which
has been hammered thin; the other end is forked
in two parts. Equally remarkable is a little
rod, round in cross-section, with a club-shaped,
thickened end (S.K. 144) shown in fig. 270 and
plate 37, fig. 15. In its form it recalls a com-
mon surgical instrument of later times; it comes
from the upper digging between +29 and +32
feet, i. e., from the layer of pithos a.

Of knives, several finds are to be noted.
One of simple band-shaped type (S.K. 62), with
a square hole at the handle end, from the upper
digging at +40 feet, is shown in fig. 271 and
plate 39, fig. 1. The handle end is bent over.
A fragment of a copper knife-blade (S.K. 248;
fig. 272) came from the lower layers of terrace
C between +19 feet 5 inches and +21 feet 2
inches. Naturally one can not say whether or not its missing portion would
prove it to be of the same type as the last-mentioned knife. A razor is prob-
ably represented in a short, broad blade, with an outwardly curved edge and a
short tang or haft (S.K. 143; fig. 273; plate 39, fig. 2), from the upper digging,
between +29 and +32 feet. On the other hand, a sickle served an agricultural
purpose. It has a strikingly thin blade, probably abraded by frequent grinding,
and a thick tang or haft, the end of which is bent over (S.K. 146; fig. 274; plate
39, fig. 3). It is from the upper digging between +25 feet 5 inches and +29 feet.

Special importance naturally attaches to the weapons—daggers, lance-heads,
and arrow-points. A narrow blade somewhat thickened in the middle, with a